Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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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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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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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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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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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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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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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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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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