It is love alone that counts.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLove 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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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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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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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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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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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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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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I say nothing to him I love him.
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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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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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