If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
THERESE OF LISIEUXPrayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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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 needs to be proved by action.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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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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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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