Quotes from St. Therese of Lisieux
Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
When one loves, one does not calculate.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
What offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence...Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately...We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
- St. Therese of Lisieux
(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
- St. Therese of Lisieux
Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
Love is nourished only by sacrifices, and the more a soul refuses natural satisfactions, the stronger and more disinterested becomes her tenderness.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
It is love alone that counts.
- St. Therese of Lisieux