Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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