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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhat a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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It is love alone that counts.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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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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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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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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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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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.
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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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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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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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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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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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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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