I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIt is love alone that counts.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
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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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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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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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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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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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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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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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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.
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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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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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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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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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