QUOTES BY ST THERESE OF LISIEUX

“Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.”

“Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.”

“I understood that love comprises all vocations – that love is everything, and because it is eternal, embraces all times and places.”

“May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.”

“Our Lord does not look at the greatness of our actions, but at the love with which we do them.”

“What matters in life is not great deeds, but great love.”

“The loveliest masterpiece of the heart of God is the heart of a mother.”

“I will spend my heaven doing good on earth.”

“The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.” “Great deeds are forbidden me. I cannot preach the Gospel or shed my blood. But what does it matter? My brothers toil instead of me, and I, a little child, keep very close to the throne of the King, and love Him above all.”

“Do you realize that Jesus is there in the tabernacle expressly for you, for you alone? He burns with the desire to come into your heart.”

“Everything is a grace, everything is a gift.”

“Let us love, since that is what our hearts were made for.” KEVIN SMITH QUOTES

“I am the smallest of creatures, I am small, but I have a heart big enough to love God immensely.”

“You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.”

“My past, O Lord, to Your mercy; my present, to Your love; my future, to Your providence.”

“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.”

“I fear only one thing: to keep my own will. So take it, my Jesus, for I choose all that You will!”

“To love is to delight and to suffer, to think and to forgive, to be joyfully present for those we love and to give them the best of ourselves.”

“Each time that my enemy provokes me, I am resolved to humble myself in his eyes; then I am calm and peaceable.”

“What matters–is not great deeds, but great love.”

“Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be – and becoming that person.”

“To live and let live, without fishing for compliments, to have understanding – that is the epitome of true love.”

“My mission is to make God loved – to be a “painful charmer” gently opening hearts to His love.”