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Therese of Lisieux

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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Best Forget Greatness Myself Suffering
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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Action Difficult God Greatness Love Yourself
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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Adorable Eyes Face Himself Wound
You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Character Goodness Yourself
Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Interest Selfish Work
Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Attachment Earth Himself World
I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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Humble Joy Myself Offering Thinking
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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Better Experience Heart Myself Prayer Sacrifice Strength Word
Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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Better Prayer Sacrifice Soul Touch Word
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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Encouragement Future Past Thinking
It is love alone that counts.
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Alone Count Love One Liner
Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Compassionate Heart Human Love Ourselves
Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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God Holy Simplicity
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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Desire God Hope Inspirational Myself
The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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God Heart Love Mom
True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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Charity Mistake True Virtue Weakness

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