Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
THERESE OF LISIEUXI am very far from practicing what I understand.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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.
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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
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He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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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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For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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