Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLove proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
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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 go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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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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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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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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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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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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