Saint Francis de Sales Quotes

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

Friendship requires great communication.

Do not wish to be anything but what you are.

Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever even if your whole world seems upset.

He who complains sins.

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.

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.

A quarrel between friends when made up adds a new tie to friendship as ... the callosity formed 'round a broken bone makes it stronger than before.