Patience Quote by St. Francis de Sales

“We must unceasingly ask for [perseverance] by making use of the means which God has taught us for obtaining it: prayer, fasting, almsgiving, frequenting…

— St. Francis de Sales

“How do you love yourself? Is it a love which concerns this life chiefly? Is so, you will desire to abide here forever, and…

— St. Francis de Sales

“The body is poisoned through the mouth, even so is the heart through the ear ... And even if we do mean no harm,…

— St. Francis de Sales

“Grace is never wanting. God always gives sufficient grace to whoever is willing to receive it.”

— St. Francis de Sales

“When any evil happens to you, apply whatever remedies you can and do this in a way agreeable to God, since to do otherwise…

— St. Francis de Sales

“God did not bring you into the world because He had any need of you, useless as you are; but solely that He might…

— St. Francis de Sales

“Frequently give up some of your property by giving it with a generous heart to the poor ... It is true that God will…

— St. Francis de Sales

“From the heights of heaven Jesus Christ mercifully looks down upon you and graciously invites you there.”

— St. Francis de Sales

“To every man, however holy he may be, there always remains some imperfection, because he has been drawn from nothingness: so that we do…

— St. Francis de Sales

“If we walk steadily and faithfully...God will lift us up to greater things.”

— St. Francis de Sales

“When we abandon all to Him, He takes a tender care of us, and His Providence for us is great or small according to…

— St. Francis de Sales

“He enables [his children] to walk before him; he holds their hand in difficulties; he himself carries them along in hardships that he sees…

— St. Francis de Sales