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 LISIEUXWhen we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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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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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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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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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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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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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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