Therese of Lisieux Quotes

Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed onto mankind.

It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.

Charity itself fulfills the law. And who can sever love from charity?

Nearly every moment of every day we have the opportunity to give something to someone else—our time, our love, our resources. I have always found more joy in giving when I did not expect anything in return.

Charity is indeed, a great thing, and a gift of God, and when it is rightly ordered likens us unto God himself, as far as that is possible; for it is charity which makes the man.

The part of the philanthropist is indeed a dangerous one; and the man who would do his neighbour good must first study how not to do him evil, and must begin by pulling the beam out of his own eye.

Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to mankind. It is the virtue that unites men and inspires their noblest efforts.

Dâna, charity. There is no higher virtue than charity. The lowest man is he whose hand draws in, in receiving; and he is the highest man whose hand goes out in giving. The hand was made to give always. Give the last bit of bread you have even if you are starving. You will be free in a moment if you starve yourself to death by giving to another. Immediately you will be perfect, you will become God.

In charity there is no excess.

We are obligated to be more scrupulous in fulfilling the commandment of charity than any other positive commandment because charity is the sign of a righteous man.

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

We need to have a purpose in this life. I'm pleading with you, I'm begging with you to do the right thing. And do it not for the sake of how it will impact your own lives, but only for the sake of doing the right thing.

My service to humanity is my real opportunity to prove my genuine love for God and God alone.

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

If Mother Theresa went to Atlantic City, I don't think she'd start playing Blackjack.

The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when they still feel like egos, and his efforts are always and invariably futile.

He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.

What is superfluous to your poor estate, distribute. This is distributive charity: a virtue so sacred that crimes against it are the forerunner of inevitable doom.

A man who always speaks the truth wholeheartedly is greater than those who do penance and deeds of charity.

When it comes to trying to do good, I will keep going, even when I'm no longer Miss Universe.

In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.

Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.