Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhen I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
-
-
Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
I say nothing to him I love him.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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 -
Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
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.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
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.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
I am very far from practicing what I understand.
THERESE OF LISIEUX