Top 100 Therese of Lisieux Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.”

— Therese of Lisieux

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2. “Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.”

— Therese of Lisieux

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3. “You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.”

— Therese of Lisieux

4. “Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you. All things are passing. God alone remains.”

— Therese of Lisieux

5. “Above the clouds the sky is always blue.”

— Therese of Lisieux

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6. “Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.”

— Therese of Lisieux

7. “Why should we defend ourselves when we are misunderstood and misjudged? Let us leave that aside. Let us not say anything. It is so sweet to let others judge us in any way they like. O blessed silence, which gives so much peace to the soul!”

— Therese of Lisieux

8. “The world’s thy ship and not thy home.”

— Therese of Lisieux

9. “Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.”

— Therese of Lisieux

10. “Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.”

— Therese of Lisieux

11. “If you are willing to bear serenely the trial of being displeasing to yourself, then you will be for Jesus a pleasant place of shelter.”

— Therese of Lisieux

12. “God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.”

— Therese of Lisieux

13. “For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.”

— Therese of Lisieux

14. “The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.”

— Therese of Lisieux

15. “Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.”

— Therese of Lisieux

16. “Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.”

— Therese of Lisieux

17. “Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.”

— Therese of Lisieux

18. “When one loves, one does not calculate.”

— Therese of Lisieux

19. “It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.”

— Therese of Lisieux

20. “It’s true, I suffer a great deal-but do I suffer well? That is the question.”

— Therese of Lisieux

21. “The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.”

— Therese of Lisieux

22. “Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.”

— Therese of Lisieux

23. “If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.”

— Therese of Lisieux

24. “My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.”

— Therese of Lisieux

25. “Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.”

— Therese of Lisieux

26. “Love needs to be proved by action.”

— Therese of Lisieux

27. “The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.”

— Therese of Lisieux

28. “Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.”

— Therese of Lisieux

29. “I will spend my heaven doing good on earth.”

— Therese of Lisieux

30. “Silence does good to the soul.”

— Therese of Lisieux

31. “Jesus does not so much look at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.”

— Therese of Lisieux

32. “It is love alone that counts.”

— Therese of Lisieux

33. “Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.”

— Therese of Lisieux

34. “Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.”

— Therese of Lisieux

35. “Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.”

— Therese of Lisieux

36. “Prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trail as well as joy; finally, it is something great, supernatural, which expands my soul and unites me to Jesus.”

— Therese of Lisieux

37. “When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.”

— Therese of Lisieux

38. “Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.”

— Therese of Lisieux

39. “It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.”

— Therese of Lisieux

40. “Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.”

— Therese of Lisieux

41. “A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.”

— Therese of Lisieux

42. “How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.”

— Therese of Lisieux

43. “God has made me desire always what he most wants to give me.”

— Therese of Lisieux

44. “Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.”

— Therese of Lisieux

45. “Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.”

— Therese of Lisieux

46. “In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.”

— Therese of Lisieux

47. “Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.”

— Therese of Lisieux

48. “True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.”

— Therese of Lisieux

49. “Time is but a shadow, a dream; already God sees us in glory and takes joy in our eternal beatitude. How this thought helps my soul! I understand then why He lets us suffer.”

— Therese of Lisieux

50. “Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.”

— Therese of Lisieux