Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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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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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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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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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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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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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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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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