What offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence…Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately…We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
THERESE OF LISIEUXLove needs to be proved by action.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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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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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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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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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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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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Love needs to be proved by action.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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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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You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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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.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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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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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.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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