Inspirational St. Therese Quotes: A Beautiful Collection to Uplift Your Spirit

"When one loves, one does not calculate."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"The good God does not need years to accomplish His work of love in a soul; one ray from His heart can, in an instant, make His flower bloom for eternity."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"What matters in life is not great deeds, but great love."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"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

"Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing."

- Therese of Lisieux

"May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us."

- Saint Therese of Lisieux

"Then, overcome by joy, I cried, 'Jesus, my love. At last I have found my vocation. My vocation is love. In the heart of the Church, my mother, I will be love, and then I will be all things."

- St. Thérèse de Lisieux

"For me, 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 trial as well as joy; finally it is something great, supernatural, which expands my soul and unites me to Jesus."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"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."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, or even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"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 trial as well as joy."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"There is one ONLY THING to do here below: to love Jesus, to win souls for Him so that He may be loved. Let us seize with jealous care every least opportunity of self-sacrifice. Let us refuse Him nothing — He does so want our love!"

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"Perfect love means putting up with other people’s shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"Jesus, it seems to me you could not have overwhelmed a soul with more love than you have poured out on mine."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"Even if the fire of love seemed to have gone out, I would keep on throwing fuel in it and Jesus would take care to light it up again."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul's miseries, her burdens, her needs - everything, because through them, she learns humility, realizes her weakness. Everything is a grace because everything is God's gift. Whatever be the character of life or its unexpected events - to the heart that loves, all is well."

- Therese of Lisieux

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

- Therese of Lisieux

"You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them."

- Therese of Lisieux

"Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else."

- Therese of Lisieux

"My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love."

- Therese of Lisieux

"Love can supply for length of years. Jesus, because He is eternal, regards not the time but only love."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbours' defects--not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues."

- St. Thérèse de Lisieux

"Another time I was working in the laundry, and the Sister opposite, while washing handkerchiefs, repeatedly splashed me with dirty water. My first impulse was to draw back and wipe my face, to show the offender I should be glad if she would behave more quietly; but the next minute I thought how foolish it was to refuse the treasures God offered me so generously, and I refrained from betraying my annoyance. On the contrary, I made such efforts to welcome the shower of dirty water, that at the end of half an hour I had taken quite a fancy to this novel kind of aspersion, and I resolved to come as often as I could to the happy spot where such treasures were freely bestowed."

- Thérèse de Lisieux

"I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude."

- Therese of Lisieux

"I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the sweet simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, nature would no longer be enamelled with lovely hues. And so it is in the world of souls, Our lord's living garden."

- Therese of Lisieux

"Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love. Difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the souls misunderstandings, sufferings, everything, is a grace."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the sweet simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, nature would lose its loveliness. And so it is in the world of souls, where each one has its own mission and is different from the others in its qualities and sanctity."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"The good God does not need years to accomplish His work of love in a soul; one ray from His Heart can, in an instant, make His flower bloom for eternity…"

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"Jesus points out to me the only way which leads to Love’s furnace – that way is self-surrender – it is the confidence of the little child who sleeps without fear in its father’s arms."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"It is true that Love knows no such word as ‘impossible,’ for it deems ‘all things possible, all things allowed.’"

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"We must abandon the future into the hands of God."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"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."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"We can never have too much confidence in the good God… As we hope in Him so shall we receive."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"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

"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."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them."

- Therese of Lisieux

"Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be."

- Therese of Lisieux

"True charity consists in bearing all our neighbour’s defects – not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

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

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice; these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"Trust and trust alone should lead us to love."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"If I did not simply live from one moment to the next, I would be unable to forestall the future."

- St. Thérèse de Lisieux

"And it is the Lord, it is Jesus, Who is my judge. Therefore I will try always to think leniently of others, that He may judge me leniently, or rather not at all, since He says: "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.""

- St. Thérèse de 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."

- Therese of Lisieux

"You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all."

- Therese of Lisieux

"We love Him when we want to love Him, and when we keep trying in spite of our failures."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love."

- Therese of Lisieux

"O Jesus, it is true that I am not always faithful, but I never become discouraged, I cast myself into Your arms, and like a little dewdrop, I sink deeper and deeper into Your chalice, O divine Flower of the field, and there I find all I have lost and much more besides."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"Sometimes, when I’m in such a state of spiritual dryness that I can’t find a single thought in my mind which will bring me close to God, I say an Our Father and a Hail Mary very slowly indeed. How they take me out of myself then; what solid satisfaction they give me then! Much more than if I’d hurried through them a hundred times over."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"God gives me courage in proportion to my sufferings. I feel at this moment I couldn’t suffer any more, but I’m not afraid, since if they increase, He will increase my courage at the same time."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"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

"The good God would not inspire unattainable desires."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"The world's thy ship and not thy home."

- Saint Therese of Lisieux

"He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills."

- Therese of Lisieux

"When something painful or disagreeable happens to me, instead of a melancholy look, I answer by a smile. At first I did not always succeed, but now it has become a habit which I am glad to have acquired."

- Thérèse de Lisieux

"Oh Jesus, how little known is the merciful love or your heart!"

- St. Therese of Lisieux

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

- Therese of Lisieux

"O my God, you have surpassed all my expectations."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"Above the clouds the sky is always blue."

- Therese of Lisieux

"Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe."

- Therese of Lisieux

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

- Therese of Lisieux

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

- Therese of Lisieux

"The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother."

- Therese of Lisieux

"The splendour of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"A soul in a state of grace has nothing to fear of demons who are cowards."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"If every flower wanted to be a rose, nature would lose her springtime beauty."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"I can nourish myself on nothing but truth"

- St Therese of Lisieux