When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
THERESE OF LISIEUXYou cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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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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I say nothing to him I love him.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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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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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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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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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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.
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