It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
I see crosses at every turn. My flesh shudders over it, but my heart adores them. Yes, I hail you, crosses little… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls,… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
How are you to meet the swarm of foolish attachments, triflings, and undesirable inclinations which beset you? By turning sharply away, and… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Do not scrutinize so closely whether you are doing much or little, ill or well, so long as what you do is… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Don't sow your desires in someone else's garden; just cultivate your own as best you can; don't long to be other than… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in under cover. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion for it,… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Go to your confessor; open your heart to him; display to him all the recesses of your soul; take the advice that he will… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear of God.… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
To be pleased at correction and reproofs shows that one loves the virtues which are contrary to those faults for which he is corrected… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
