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Quotes from Francis de Sales

During the night we must wait for the light.
~ Francis de Sales
He would never exhort the faithful to persevere if he were not ready to give them the power to do so.
~ Francis de Sales
He will unfailingly be pleased with our patience and take note of our diligence and perseverance.
~ Francis de Sales
Be patient and one day you will be in Heaven, where there will be only peace and joy ... You will possess an enduring tranquility and rest.
~ Francis de Sales
If we walk steadily and faithfully...God will lift us up to greater things.
~ Francis de Sales
God's favor floats as it were over all this and finds joy in turning all those miseries to the greater profit of those who love Him. From toil He makes patience spring forth.
~ Francis de Sales
Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.
~ Francis de Sales
Do not wish to be anything except what you are.
~ Francis de Sales
Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
~ 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 -
~ Francis de Sales
There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love -- every man works his oar voluntarily!
~ Francis de Sales
Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only them, they fear everyone.
~ Francis de Sales
You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
~ 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.
~ Francis de Sales
The King of Glory does not reward His servants according to the dignity of their office, but according to the humility and love with which they have exercised it.
~ Francis de Sales
If you have firm trust in God, the success that comes to you will always be that which is most useful for you whether it appears good or bad in your private judgment.
~ Francis de Sales
God is merciful to those who want to love Him and who have placed their hopes in Him.
~ Francis de Sales