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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXRemember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
-
-
In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
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.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
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.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
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.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
THERESE OF LISIEUX






