Therese of Lisieux Quotes

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

My ultimate goal is to become a saint.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

What do you want to want to be, anyway?" "I don't know; I guess what I want to be is a good Catholic." "What you should say"--he told me--"what you should say is that you want to be a saint.

Purity is the fruit of prayer.

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

Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves.

I thank God that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.

I would rather my soul broil in hell than I do you any harm.

You need the commitment of people that aren't worried about that next election, who are going to do the right thing and worry about the next generation. It's called political courage. And I can tell you, with me, you don't have to ask whether I have political courage.

Part of the beauty of the show in a way is that he's not perfect, but you can always count on him to do the right thing in a pinch. That's why he inspires people and inspires me.

What's special about Superman is that he will always make the right choice.

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith.

I want no presidency; I want to do my duty. No denunciations here, or out of this House, can deflect me a single inch from going directly at what I aim, and that is, the good of the country. I have always acted upon it, and I will always act upon it.

We cannot be unclean and expect the help of the Almighty.

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.

Job 29 is about Job reflecting on his past before the calamity hit him to say this is the type of man I was. So, you want to know what God calls perfect and upright? Read Job 29, and you will understand what kind of man God esteems.

I glory in the distinguishing grace of God and will not, by the grace of God, step one inch from my principles or think of adhering to the present fashionable sort of religion.

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

Some have said that the power of a Redeemer would depend upon two things: first, upon the richness of the self that was given; and second, upon the depths of the giving. Friend and foe alike are agreed on the question of the character of Jesus Christ.

God is looking for clean hands and a pure heart.

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

We were constantly hearing it repeated, that we must never again look upon ourselves as our own; but must remember, that we were solemnly and irrevocably devoted to God.