Prayer Quotes by Therese of Lisieux

10 Prayer quotes by Therese of Lisieux

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Therese of Lisieux’s approach to prayer is intimate and child‑like, emphasizing simple trust. Though only ten quotes, the collection conveys her gentle, heartfelt devotion in a clear, accessible way.

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Look at Him while He is looking at you.

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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.

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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart

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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.

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It has a supernatural grandeur which expands the soul and unites it with God. I say an Our Father or a Hail…

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For me, prayer means launching out of the heart towards God; it means lifting up one's eyes, quite simply, to heaven, a…

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For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which…

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I have not the courage to search through books for beautiful prayers. . . Unable either to say them all or choose…

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Apart from the Office [the daily prayer of the Church] which is a daily joy, I do not have the courage to…

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Each prayer is more beautiful than the others. I cannot recite them all and not knowing which to choose, I do like…

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Let us rise above the things that pass away. Up above, the air is so pure. Jesus can hide Himself but we will find…

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I feel in me the vocation of the Priest. I have the vocation of the Apostle. Martyrdom was the dream of my youth, and…

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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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She is more Mother than Queen.

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(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…

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

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

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

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

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It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.

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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident…

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At this time I choseas friends two little girls of my own age; but how shallow are the hearts of creatures! Oneof them had…

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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.

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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…

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