When one loves, one does not calculate.
THERESE OF LISIEUXFor one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
-
-
Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
THERESE OF LISIEUX