Therese of Lisieux Quotes

I will spend my heaven doing good on earth.

I don't know where actors go after they die, but I know people who help other people have a nice place to go. And I would like to go there if I can.

Kindness is an essential part of Gods work and ours here on earth.

All we can take with us to heaven is what we leave behind in the lives we touch.

Money comes and goes. When you pass away it's about what you've done to make this world a better place.

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also.

Doing Good Is My Religion

When I got religion, I found some work to do to benefit somebody.

Every fresh act of benevolence is the herald of deeper satisfaction; every charitable act a stepping-stone towards heaven.

I have discovered that the people who believe most strongly in the next life do the most good in the present one.

A man's true wealth hereafter is the good he has done to his fellowmen.

You made a sacrifice. And heaven rewarded you.

You want to be paid as well, you virtuous! You want reward for virtue, and heaven for earth, and eternity for your today?

One thing will always secure heaven for us-the acts of charity and kindness with which we have filled our lives. We can do no great things, only small things with great love.

Piety practiced in solitude, like the flower that blooms in the desert, may give its fragrance to the winds of heaven, and delight those unbodied spirits that survey the works of God and the actions of men; but it bestows no assistance upon earthly beings, and however free from taints of impurity, yet wants the sacred splendor of beneficence.

Each prayer is like a seed that gets planted in the ground. It disappears for a season, but it eventually bears fruit that blesses future generations. In fact, our prayers bear fruit forever.

God will excuse our prayers for ourselves whenever we are prevented from them by being occupied in such good works as to entitle us to the prayers of others.

More people have done good in the name of God than any other way

The dying boy said: " Father, don't you weep for me; when I get to heaven I will go straight to Jesus and tell Him that ever since I can remember you have tried to lead me to Him." I would rather have my children say that of me after I am gone; or if they die before me, I would rather they should take that message to the Master than to have a monument over me reaching to the skies.

Good deeds in this life are coals raked up in embers, to make a fire next day

I believe flowers have souls. I have known roses that I expect to meet in heaven.

As for religious faith, a lack of it shouldn't stop us from doing good deeds for their own sake.

You can have the 'golden rule' - do unto others as you would have others do unto you. But then you take it one step farther - where you just do good unto others, period. Just for the sake of it.

Never refuse any who ask you for help; if your pockets are empty, give them hope. Your every action must be born of kindness, your every word spoken with love. Live as God would have you live, and others will be inspired to do the same.

Now I can only pray that there may be a God -- and a heaven -- or something better.