You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you. All things are passing. God alone remains. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
I want to give myself totally to Him...I want to live no longer but for Him. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Let us rise above the things that pass away. Up above, the air is so pure. Jesus can hide Himself but we will find… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
I feel in me the vocation of the Priest. I have the vocation of the Apostle. Martyrdom was the dream of my youth, and… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
(Whispered to a novice while standing in front of the convent library) Oh! I would have been sorry to have read all those books...If… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
At this time I choseas friends two little girls of my own age; but how shallow are the hearts of creatures! Oneof them had… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
I also understood that God's love shows itself just as well in the simplest soul which puts up no resistance to His grace as… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
