Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI am very far from practicing what I understand.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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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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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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It is love alone that counts.
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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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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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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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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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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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When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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