Saint Francis De Sales Quotes
Top 98 wise famous quotes and sayings by Saint Francis De Sales
Saint Francis De Sales Famous Quotes & Sayings
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We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.
Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.
Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.
Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
I have the same opinion of dances that physicians have of mushrooms: the best of them are good for nothing.
There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again ...
It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.
Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.
God requires a faithful fulfillment of the merest trifle given us to do, rather than the most ardent aspiration to things to which we are not called.
Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.
It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not "What a lovely sermon!" but "I will do something."
Since God often sends us inspirations by means of His angels, we should frequently return our aspirations to him by means of the same messengers.
Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God's will.
The spirit cannot endure the body when overfed, but, if underfed, the body cannot endure the spirit.
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other; it is a perpetual exercise in mortification.
By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.
Let us be what God likes, so long as we are His, and let us not be what we want to be, if it is against his intention.
What son would not bring his mother back to life and would not bring her into paradise after her death if he could?
He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!
Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God.