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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIt isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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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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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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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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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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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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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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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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