Saint Francis de Sales famous quotes

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Love Yourself #Acceptance #Loving Yourself

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Inspirational #Patience #Catholic

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Meditation #Each Day #Half

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Littles #Serving God #Surround

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Inspirational #Strength #Inspiring

It is not those who commit the least faults who are the most holy, but those who have the greatest courage, the greatest generosity, the greatest love, who make the boldest efforts to overcome themselves, and are not immediately apprehensive about tripping.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Courage #Generosity #Effort

We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Saint #Fear God

Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Running #Children #Perfect

If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Fall #Yield #Mind

Better make penitents by gentleness than hypocrites by severity.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Hypocrite #Gentleness

Don't get upset with your imperfections. It's a great mistake because it leads nowhere - to get angry because you are angry, upset at being upset, depressed at being depressed, disappointed because you are disappointed. So don't fool yourself. Simply surrender to the Power of God's Love, which is always greater than our weakness.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Faith #Mistake #Inspiration

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.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Time #Faithful #Given

What son would not bring his mother back to life and would not bring her into paradise after her death if he could?
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Mother #Son #Paradise

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage. How are we to be patient in dealing with our neighbour's faults if we are impatient in dealing with our own? He who is fretted by his own failings will not correct them. All profitable correction comes from a calm and peaceful mind.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Courage #Mean #Imperfection

Those who commit these types of scandals are guility of the spiritual equivalent of murder, but I, here among you to prevent something far worst for you. While those who give scandal are guilty of the spiritual equivalent of murder, those who take scandal- who allow scandals to destroy faith- are guilty of spiritual suicide.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Faith #Suicide #Spiritual

There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Writing #Editing #Simplicity

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Encouragement #Trying #Encounters

Go to your confessor; open your heart to him; display to him all the recesses of your soul; take the advice that he will give you with the utmost humility and simplicity. For God, Who has an infinite love for obedience, frequently renders profitable the counsels we take from others, but especially from those who are the guides of our souls.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Heart #Humility #Giving

All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Two #Suffering #Done

You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Kindness #Generosity #Vinegar

Have patience with all things - but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You are perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you exist. And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Mistake #Creative #Firsts

It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Our Love #Needs #Serving Others

Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in under cover.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

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.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Thinking #Today #Tomorrow

Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Angel #Spirit #Familiar

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Inspirational #Life #Motivational

Be who you are and be that well.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Be Who You Are #Wells #Who You Are

Souls do not wish to be bullied, but gently brought back; such is the nature of man.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Men #Soul #Catholic

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.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Christian #Holiness #May

The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Rosary #Saint #Praying

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Inspirational #Motivational #Encouragement

Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Spiritual #Angel #Soul

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

#Spiritual #Inner Peace #Upset

Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Inspirational #Life And Love #Self Esteem

Those who love to be feared fear to be loved.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Friendship #Taken #Broken

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Depression #Patience #Imperfection

While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Littles #Busy #Little Things

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Mean #Healing #Imperfection

Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Flower #Garden #Perspective

To be pleased at correction and reproofs shows that one loves the virtues which are contrary to those faults for which he is corrected and reproved. And, therefore, it is a great sign of advancement in perfection.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Faith #Inspiration #Perfection

When the bee has gathered the dew of heaven and the earth's sweetest nectar from the flowers, it turns it into honey, then hastens to its hive. In the same way, the priest, having taken from the altar the Son of God (who is as the dew from heaven, and true son of Mary, flower of our humanity), gives him to you as delicious food.
-- Saint Francis de Sales

#Flower #Taken #Son