Therese of Lisieux Quotes

All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.

If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.

To be a saint is to be a little out of one's mind, which is a very good thing to be a little out of from time to time. It is to live a life that is always giving itself away and yet is always full.

She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.

I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.

Following Jesus means taking up one's own cross to accompany him on his path, an uncomfortable path that is not one of success or earthly glory, but which leads to true freedom, the freedom from selfishness and sin.

O Lord, self-renunciation is not the work of one day, nor children's sport; yea, rather in this word is included all perfection.

We must invite the Cross to do its deadly work within before we can be free.

She felt that she would have to be much more than just a doctor or an engineer. She would have to be a saint.

The denial of ourselves which Christ has so diligently commanded his disciples from the beginning will at last dominate all the desires of our heart.

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Not only do the followers of Jesus renounce their rights, they renounce their own righteousness too. They get no praise for their achievements or sacrifices. They cannot have righteous– ness except by hungering and thirsting for it (this applies equally to their own righteousness and to the righteousness of God on earth ), always they look forward to the future righteousness of God, but they cannot establish it for themselves. Those who follow Jesus grow hungry and thirsty on the way.

To suffer with the other and for others; to suffer for the sake of truth and justice; to suffer out of love and in order to become a person who truly loves - these are fundamental elements of humanity, and to abandon them would destroy man himself.

To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.

Now is the time for us to stop seeking our own satisfaction and to pour out our lives before HIM.

Christians must respond to evil with good, taking the cross upon themselves as Jesus did

Some of us want the crown before the cross.

Let me be patient, let me be kind, make me unselfish, without being blind, though I may suffer, I'll envy it not and endure what comes cause he is all that I got

Leadership is a choice to protect the person to the left of us, and protect the person to the right of us, and sometimes that may come at a cost. It may cost us our benefits, it may cost us our comfort, it may sometimes cost us our perks, whatever it is, credit.

That we may give our body and our blood over to suffering and pain, like Christ - not for Self, but to give harvests of peace and justice to our People.

Ambition, the soldier's virtue, rather makes choice of loss, than gain which darkens him.

Surrender . . .sacrificing my life or suffering in order to change what needs to be changed

We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not all die martyrs.

Work, my children, work with your whole heart and soul! That is the thing. Mind not the fruit of work. What if you go to hell working for others? That is worth more than to gain heaven by seeking your own salvation... Sri Ramakrishna came and gave his life for the world. I will also sacrifice my life.

Crosses are of no use to us but inasmuch as we yield ourselves up to them and forget ourselves.

He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.