Francis De Sales

Do not wish to be anything but what you are and try to be that perfectly. - Francis De Sales

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. - 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.  - Saint Francis De Sales

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so you learn to love God and man by loving. Begin as a mere apprentice and the very power of love will lead you on to become a master of the art. - St. Francis De Sales