Francis de Sales Quotes

Teach me, my God and king In all things thee to see And what I do in anything To do it as for thee

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

God requires you individually to come up to the point, to make an entire surrender. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.

My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.

That religion which costs a man nothing is usually worth nothing.

Never consider whether you are of use; but ever consider that you are not your own but His.

I hardly ever so longed to live to God and to be altigether devoted to Him. i want to wear out my life in His service, and for His Glory!!

If, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His holy service and glory, I solemnly implore Him, rather let me die.

I'm here to serve God and be of service. I'm nothing; everything out here is a lot bigger than me.

If a guy were dating my daughter but didn't want to spend the gas money to come pick her up or refused to buy her dinner because it cost too much, I would question whether he were really in love with her In the same way, I question whether many American churchgoers are really in love with God because they are so hesitant to do anything for Him." Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

God is so great that He communicates greatness to the least thing that is done for His service.

I felt that God could be realized only through service. And service for me was the service of India, because it came to me without my seeking, because I had an aptitude for it.

We're here to be worshipers first and workers only second

I gave up my music because I had received from it all I had to receive. To serve God one must sacrifice the dearest thing, and I sacrificed my music, the dearest thing to me.

That we devote ourselves to God, is seen In living just as though no God there were.

This room is a testimony that there are men who want to be a man for God and a man of God.

Holiness doesn't mean doing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith.

In the service of the Lord it is not where but how you serve.

Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.

My inherent belief is that motherhood is pious, and I am humbled by it.

The biggest challenge facing a missionary today is to forget himself and lose himself in the work.

Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.

For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.