Quotes from Francis de Sales
Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
- Francis de Sales
He who complains, sins.
- Francis de Sales
The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other; it is a perpetual exercise in mortification.
- Francis de Sales
Humility makes our lives acceptable to God, meekness makes us acceptable to men.
- 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
To love our neighbor in charity is to love God in man.
- Francis de Sales
There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!
- Francis de Sales
We are sometimes so busy being good angels that we neglect to be good men and women.
- Francis de Sales
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.
- Francis de Sales
God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
- Francis de Sales
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.
- Francis de Sales
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
- Francis de Sales