Quote

If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining in tranquility, humility, and devotion, entirely conformed and submissive to His divine will and good pleasure.

Saint Francis de Sales

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Saint Francis de Sales
Age: 55 †
Born: 1567
Born: August 26
Died: 1622
Died: December 28
Catholic Priest
Clergyman
Theologian
Writer
Chateau de Thorens
Saint Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Sales
Bishop of Geneva
Francçois de Sales
François de Salfes
St. Francis of Sales
Effort
Devotion
Pleasure
Efforts
Lord
Entirely
Conformed
Cannot
Humility
Submissive
Good
Sacrifice
Sacrificing
Succeed
Remaining
Please
Tranquility
Divine
Serenity

More quotes by Saint Francis de Sales

Image
A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
Do not be ashamed of being poor, or of asking alms. Receive what is given you with humility, and accept a refusal meekly. Frequently call to mind Our Lady's journey into Egypt with her Holy Child, and of all the poverty, contempt and suffering they endured. If you follow their example you will indeed be rich amid your poverty.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
During the night we must wait for the light.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
We do not very often come across opportunities for exercising strength, magnanimity, or magnificence but gentleness, temperance, modesty, and humility, are graces which ought to colour everything we do. There may be virtues of a more exalted mould, but... these are the most continually called for in daily life.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
We are sometimes so busy being good angels that we neglect to be good men and women.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
I recommend to you holy simplicity.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
Do not fret under such assistance as is needful therein lies one great grace of poverty. It were overambitious to aim at being poor without suffering any inconvenience, in other words, to have the credit of poverty and the convenience of riches.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
Saint Francis de Sales
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 and reproved. And, therefore, it is a great sign of advancement in perfection.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
Consider all the past as nothing, and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
Souls do not wish to be bullied, but gently brought back such is the nature of man.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
Since God often sends us inspirations by means of His angels, we should frequently return our aspirations to him by means of the same messengers.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
Don't get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God's Love, which is greater than our weakness.
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
The Prayer of the sick person is his patience and his acceptance of his sickness for the love of Jesus Christ. Make sickness itself a prayer, for there is none more powerful, save martyrdom!
Saint Francis de Sales
Image
A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
Saint Francis de Sales