~ Therese of Lisieux Quotes ~

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Therese of Lisieux Quotes


A French Carmelite nun. 
Therese of Lisieux, or Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, born Marie-Francoise-Therese Martin, was a French Carmelite nun. She is also known as "The Little Flower of Jesus".

Here are some famous quotes by Therese of Lisieux.

Jesus makes the bitterest mouthful taste sweet.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.