Love needs to be proved by action.
THERESE OF LISIEUXSufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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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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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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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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What offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence…Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately…We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
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A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.
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