Doe Quotes by Therese of Lisieux

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

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

The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.

— Therese of Lisieux

She is more Mother than Queen.

— Therese of Lisieux

(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

When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.

— Therese of Lisieux

Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.

— Therese of Lisieux

I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.

— Therese of Lisieux

I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love.

— Therese of Lisieux

The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.

— Therese of Lisieux

It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.

— Therese of Lisieux

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

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

It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.

— Therese of Lisieux

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