Quotes by Therese of Lisieux

“He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He will.”

“I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find...”

“How can we not ask at every turn, 'What is going to happen? How will this turn out?' The main thing is not to consent consciously to anxiety or a troubled mind. The moment you realize you are worry...”

“Then keep your confidence in the infinite mercy of the Savior. Say, like one mother I know who was distressed by the conduct of her children, 'Jesus, You love them too much not to save them.' Thank...”

“I have often thought, during these conferences, about the comment that Maurice Maignan, one of the first companions of Ozanam, made after a retreat: "One thought strikes me. All the means of sancti...”

“That beautiful day passed just as the saddest ones do, since the most radiant of days has a tomorrow.”

“I am not afraid of a fight I have to do my duty come what may.”

“Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight. You discover that you've got to abandon all your own preferences your own bright ideas and guide...”

“The country in which I live is not my native country that lies elsewhere and it must always be the center of my longings.”

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

“Untilled ground however rich will bring forth thistles and thorns so also the mind of man.”

“Jesus makes the bitterest mouthful taste sweet.”

“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice here by a smiling look there by a kindly word always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.”

“True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.”

“I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find...”

“How can we not ask at every turn, 'What is going to happen? How will this turn out?' The main thing is not to consent consciously to anxiety or a troubled mind. The moment you realize you are worry...”

“Then keep your confidence in the infinite mercy of the Savior. Say, like one mother I know who was distressed by the conduct of her children, 'Jesus, You love them too much not to save them.' Thank...”

“I have often thought, during these conferences, about the comment that Maurice Maignan, one of the first companions of Ozanam, made after a retreat: "One thought strikes me. All the means of sancti...”

“That beautiful day passed just as the saddest ones do, since the most radiant of days has a tomorrow.”

“I am not afraid of a fight I have to do my duty come what may.”