Category: <span>Daily Thoughts</span>

“It is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts.” ― St. Francis de Sales

“The whole world is not worth one soul.” ― St. Francis de Sales

“During the night we must wait for the light.” ― St. Francis de Sales

“Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself…do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.” ― St. Francis de Sales

“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.” ― St. Francis de Sales

“Grace is never wanting. God always gives sufficient grace to whoever is willing to receive it.” ― St. Francis de Sales

“Examine your heart often to see if it is such toward your neighbor as you would like his to be toward you were you in his place. This is the touchstone of true reason.”

“Fits of anger, vexation,and bitterness against ourselves tend to pride and they spring from no other source than self-love, which is disturbed and upset at seeing that it is imperfect.”

“God takes pleasure to see you take your little steps; and like a good father who holds his child by the hand, He will accommodate His steps to yours and will be content to go no faster than you. Why do you worry?”

“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.”