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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXMiss 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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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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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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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.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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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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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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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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