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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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.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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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 prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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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 is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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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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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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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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