When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIf every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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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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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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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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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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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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