Therese Of Lisieux Quotes

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

~ Therese Of Lisieux

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 souls along the road our Lord has marked out for them. You mustn't coerce them into some path of your own choosing.

~ Therese Of Lisieux

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

~ 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

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

~ Therese Of Lisieux

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.

~ Therese Of Lisieux