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 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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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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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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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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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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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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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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True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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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It is love alone that counts.
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