Quotes by Saint Francis de Sales

Saint Francis de Sales

A dance is the devil’s procession, and he that entereth into a dance, entereth into his possession.

Dance

Dancing

Devil

A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.

Cutting

Discourse

A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.

Heart

Memories

Soul

A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.

Charity

Silence

Silence Is

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

Inspirational

Life

Motivational

A spoon full of honey gets more flies than a barrel full of vinegar.

Honey

Spoons

Vinegar

All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.

Christian

Holiness

Saint

All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.

Saint

Suffering

Two

All true and living devotion presupposes the love of God and indeed it is neither more nor less than a very real love of God, though not always of the same kind; for that Love one while shining on the soul we call grace, which makes us acceptable to His Divine Majesty; when it strengthens us to do well, it is called Charity; but when it attains its fullest perfection, in which it not only leads us to do well, but to act carefully, diligently, and promptly, then it is called Devotion.

Perfection

Real

Shining

And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear of God. This the good Queen Blanche did most earnestly by St. Louis, her son: witness her oft-repeated words, “My son, I would sooner see you die than guilty of a mortal sin;” words which sank so deeply into the saintly monarch’s heart, that he himself said there was no day on which they did not recur to his mind, and strengthen him in treading God’s ways.

Mother

Pain

Queens

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Abuse

Add

After Death

Almost Perfect

Anchors

Angel

Animal

Anxiety

Anxious Thoughts

Appreciation

Art

Attachment

Austerity

Balance

Be Who You Are

Bears

Beautiful

Believe

Blessed

Body

Broken

Busy

Calvary

Care

Catholic

Charity

Children

Choices

Christian

Christian Inspirational

Christian Service

Cities

Communication

Compassion

Complaining

Cooking

Courage

Covering

Creative

Curiosity

Cute

Cutting

Dance

Dancing

Dangerous

Dark

Daughter

Degrees

Delight

Depression

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Quotes by Saint Francis de Sales

Saint Francis de Sales

A dance is the devil’s procession, and he that entereth into a dance, entereth into his possession.

A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.

A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.

A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

A spoon full of honey gets more flies than a barrel full of vinegar.

All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.

All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.

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