"DO NOT WISH TO BE ANYTHING BUT WHAT YOU ARE, AND TRY TO BE THAT PERFECTLY."
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
"YOU LEARN TO SPEAK BY SPEAKING, TO STUDY BY STUDYING, TO RUN BY RUNNING, TO WORK BY WORKING; IN JUST THE SAME WAY, YOU LEARN TO BY LOVING."
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“FRIENDSHIPS BEGUN IN THIS WORLD WILL BE TAKEN UP AGAIN, NEVER TO BE BROKEN OFF.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“A QUARREL BETWEEN FRIENDS, WHEN MADE UP, ADDS A NEW TIE TO FRIENDSHIP.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“TRUE PROGRESS QUIETLY AND PERSISTENTLY MOVES ALONG WITHOUT NOTICE.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“BE PATIENT WITH EVERYONE, BUT ABOVE ALL WITH YOURSELF.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“DO NOT BE DISHEARTENED BY YOUR IMPERFECTIONS, BUT ALWAYS RISE UP WITH FRESH COURAGE.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“HE WHO IS FRETTED WITH HIS OWN FAILINGS WILL NOT CORRECT THEM. ALL PROFITABLE CORRECTION COMES FROM A CALM, PEACEFUL MIND.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“A REALLY PATIENT MAN NEITHER COMPLAINS NOR SEEKS TO BE PITIED; HE WILL SPEAK SIMPLY AND TRULY OF HIS TROUBLE, WITHOUT EXAGGERATING ITS WEIGHT OR BEMOANING HIMSELF.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTIES AND CONTRADICTIONS, DO NOT TRY TO BREAK THEM; BEND THEM WITH GENTLENESS AND TIME.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“NOTHING IS SO STRONG AS GENTLENESS; NOTHING SO GENTLE AS REAL STRENGTH.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“NEVER BE IN A HURRY; DO EVERYTHING QUIETLY AND IN A CALM SPIRIT. DO NOT LOSE YOUR INNER PEACE FOR ANYTHING WHATSOEVER, EVEN IF YOUR WHOLE WORLD SEEMS UPSET.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“DO NOT LOSE COURAGE IN CONSIDERING YOUR OWN IMPERFECTIONS.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“REPUTATION IS RARELY PROPORTIONED TO VIRTUE.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO ALWAYS FEEL STRONG. IT IS SUFFICIENT TO HAVE HOPE THAT WE WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH AT THE PROPER TIME AND PLACE.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“DO NOT LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TOMORROW; THE SAME EVERLASTING FATHER WHO CARES FOR YOU TODAY WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU TOMORROW AND EVERY DAY.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“WORRY PREVENTS US FROM DOING WELL THE VERY THINGS ABOUT WHICH WE ARE WORRIED.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“THERE IS NO BETTER WAY OF GROWING TOWARD PERFECTION IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE THAN TO BE ALWAYS STARTING OVER AGAIN AND NEVER THINKING THAT WE HAVE DONE ENOUGH.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“REMEMBER THIS WELL: WE ARE SOMETIMES SO BUSY BEING GOOD ANGELS THAT WE NEGLECT TO BE GOOD MEN AND WOMEN.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“THERE IS NOTHING SMALL IN THE SERVICE OF GOD. BE FAITHFUL IN SMALL THINGS AND GOD WILL SEE THAT YOU WILL SUCCEED IN THOSE OF GREATER IMPORTANCE.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“IT IS FAR BETTER TO DO A FEW THINGS WELL THAN UNDERTAKE MANY GOOD WORKS AND LEAVE THEM HALF-DONE.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“IN OUR DUTIES WE MUST WORK CALMLY AND WITH COMPOSURE, PERFORMING THEM AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE AND AS WELL AS WE CAN.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“NEVER MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO GOOD.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“IF YOU REALLY WANT TO LOVE GOD, KEEP LOVING HIM MORE AND MORE. NEVER LOOK BACK! MOVE FORWARD CONSTANTLY!”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“PERFECTION DOES NOT CONSIST IN BEING PERFECT OR ACTING PERFECTLY. IT IS THE STRIVING FOR PERFECTION THAT IS IMPORTANT.”
~ ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
“NO ONE IS ESTEEMED BEFORE GOD FOR HAVING LIVED LONG--BUT ONLY FOR HAVING LIVED WELL.”
~ ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
“WE MUST LIVE EVERY MOMENT OF OUR LIFE AS IF IT WERE OUR LAST.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“GOD DOES NOT MEASURE OUR PERFECTION BY THE MANY THINGS WE DO FOR HIM, BUT BY HOW WE DO THEM.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“THE MEASURE OF OUR LOVE IS TO LOVE WITHOUT MEASURE.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“WALK ALWAYS NEAR TO GOD, FOR THE GENTLENESS OF HIS SHADOW IS MORE WONDERFUL THAN THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE SUN.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“LET GOD BE THE AIR IN WHICH YOUR HEART BREATHES AT EASE.”
~ ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
“WE ALL HAVE A VOCATION. WE BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS PLACED US IN THIS LIFE TO FILL A SPECIAL NEED THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN ACCOMPLISH.”
~ ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
“DO NOT LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHANGES AND CHANCES OF THIS LIFE WITH FEAR; RATHER, LOOK UPON THEM WITH STRONG HOPE THAT, AS THEY ARISE, GOD, WHOSE CHILD YOU ARE, WILL DELIVER YOU FROM THEM.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“JUST TRUST IN HIM AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD YOU SAFELY THROUGH ALL THINGS. WHERE YOU CANNOT WALK, HE WILL CARRY YOU IN HIS ARMS.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“BE AT PEACE, THEN, AND PUT ASIDE ALL ANXIOUS THOUGHTS.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“TAKE COURAGE, AND TURN TROUBLES WHICH YOU CANNOT REMEDY INTO MATERIAL FOR PROGRESS AND MATURITY.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“THINK OFTEN OF THE LORD FOR HE WILL ENABLE YOU TO BEAR YOUR TROUBLES PATIENTLY.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“STRIVE TO SEE GOD IN ALL THINGS WITHOUT EXCEPTION, AND CONSENT TO HIS WILL JOYOUSLY.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“DO EVERYTHING FOR GOD, UNITING YOURSELF TO HIM IN WORD AND DEED.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“IF YOU FIND THAT YOU HAVE WANDERED AWAY FROM THE SHELTER OF GOD, LEAD YOUR HEART BACK TO HIM QUIETLY AND SIMPLY.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“WHATSOEVER HAPPENS, NEVER LET GO; HOLD STEADFASTLY TO GOD, IN PEACE, TRUSTING HIS EVERLASTING LOVE FOR YOU.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“THE WORST WAY OF SPEAKING IS TO SPEAK TOO MUCH. THEREFORE SPEAK LITTLE AND WELL, SPEAK LITTLE AND GENTLY, SPEAK LITTLE AND CHARITABLY, SPEAK LITTLE AND AMIABLY."
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“PRAYER ACCUSTOMS OUR SOUL TO THE PRESENCE OF GOD, TO PRODUCE IN US A UNION WITH HIM WHICH IS INTIMATE, SIMPLE AND PERFECT.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“OUR WORDS MUST COME FROM THE HEART, NOT THE MOUTH. THE TONGUE SPEAKS ONLY TO THE EARS. THE HEART SPEAKS TO THE HEART.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“MEEKNESS AND MILDNESS OF HEART IS A VIRTUE RARER THAN CHASTITY.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
“ALL THAT IS NOT ETERNAL IS NOT WORTHY OF A THOUGHT.”
~ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES