God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.
THERESE OF LISIEUXJesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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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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It is love alone that counts.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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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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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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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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Love needs to be proved by action.
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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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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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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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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