--- title: "3 I realized Quotes By Therese of Lisieux" description: "3 I realized quotes by Therese of Lisieux. Plus more from Therese of Lisieux and more I realized sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/therese-of-lisieux-3149_deals_i-realized-that-to-become-a-saint-one-mu_556415.png" --- > [I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/i-realized-that-to-become-a-saint-one-must-suffer-a-great-deal-always/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/therese-of-lisieux-3149_deals_i-realized-that-to-become-a-saint-one-mu_556415.png) > [I had wondered for a long time why God had preferences and why all souls did not receive an equal amount of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/i-had-wondered-for-a-long-time-why-god-had-preferences-and-why-all/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/therese-of-lisieux-3149_amount_i-had-wondered-for-a-long-time-why-god-h_2143381.jpg) > [Much later, when I understood what perfection was, I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/much-later-when-i-understood-what-perfection-was-i-realized-that-to/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/therese-of-lisieux-3149_approach_much-later-when-i-understood-what-perfec_2167206.png) ## Other authors on I realized ## More 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/let-us-rise-above-the-things-that-pass-away-up-above-the-air-is-so/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/i-feel-in-me-the-vocation-of-the-priest-i-have-the-vocation-of-the/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/) > [The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/the-value-of-life-does-not-depend-upon-the-place-we-occupy-it-depends/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/) > [She is more Mother than Queen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/she-is-more-mother-than-queen/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/whispered-to-a-novice-while-standing-in-front-of-the-convent-library/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/) > [When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/when-we-yield-to-discouragement-it-is-usually-because-we-give-too/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/) > [Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/perfection-consists-in-doing-his-will-in-being-that-which-he-wants-us/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/) > [I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/i-felt-it-better-to-speak-to-god-than-about-him/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/) > [I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/i-understood-that-the-church-had-a-heart-and-that-this-heart-was/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/) > [The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/the-great-majority-of-men-use-their-own-short-sighted-ideas-as-a/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/) > [It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/it-is-only-love-which-makes-us-acceptable-to-god/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/holiness-is-a-disposition-of-the-heart-that-makes-us-humble-and/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/at-this-time-i-choseas-friends-two-little-girls-of-my-own-age-but-how/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/) > [It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/it-is-my-weakness-that-gives-me-all-my-strength/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/i-also-understood-that-god-s-love-shows-itself-just-as-well-in-the/) [Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/i-realized/therese-of-lisieux/#itemlist", "name": "3 I realized Quotes By Therese of Lisieux", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Therese of Lisieux" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/i-realized-that-to-become-a-saint-one-must-suffer-a-great-deal-always/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/therese-of-lisieux-3149_deals_i-realized-that-to-become-a-saint-one-mu_556415.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/therese-of-lisieux-3149_deals_i-realized-that-to-become-a-saint-one-mu_556415.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/therese-of-lisieux-3149_deals_i-realized-that-to-become-a-saint-one-mu_556415.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.” — Therese of Lisieux", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had wondered for a long time why God had preferences and why all souls did not receive an equal amount of grace [...] Jesus saw fit to enlighten me about this mystery. 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