Saint Therese Quotes & Sayings

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 De Lisieux

I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself. — Therese Of Lisieux

Vision leads to proper planning and proper planning leads to successful completion. — Farshad Asl

I think there are universal principles that we should want to understand, but that are not necessarily good for us. We could recognise universal propensities which current cultures can't fully eradicate, which we would want to eradicate if we could. Let's say, a tendency for tribal violence. Or racism. — Sam Harris

I'm always doing something musically - when I'm working or when I'm off. — Zooey Deschanel

Underwear is everything because we all know that if we have on the wrong pair of underwear it ruins your day. — Veronica Webb

One Thousand And One Days, or How Not to Be a Sucker — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

She wanted to complain, not to be consoled; and it was by exclamations of complaint only, Emily learned the particular circumstances of her affliction — Ann Radcliffe

I believe in myself and in Saint Therese. — Tara Lipinski

You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all. — Therese Of Lisieux

It was essential for the discovery of science that religious ideas be divorced from the study of nature. — Steven Weinberg

When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible. — Brene Brown

God would not make me wish for something impossible and so, in spite of my littleness, I can aim at being a saint. It is impossible for me to grow bigger, so I put up with myself as I am, with all my countless faults. But I will look for some means of going to heaven by a little way which is very short and very straight, a little way that is quite new[ ... ] It is your arms,
Jesus, which are the lift to carry me to heaven, And so there is no need for me to grow up. In fact, just the opposite: I must stay little and become less and less. — Therese Of Lisieux

I have always wanted to become a saint. Unfortunately, when I have compared myself with the saints, I have always found that there is the same difference between the saints and me as there is between a mountain whose summit is lost in the clouds and a humble grain of sand trodden underfoot by passers-by. — Therese Of Lisieux

I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from. — Paloma Faith

Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people. — Val Kilmer

The superior performance of the original S&P 500 firms surprises most investors. But value investors (as described in Chapter 12) know that growth stocks often are priced too high, and excitement over their prospects often induces investors to pay too high a price. Profitable firms that do not catch investors' eyes are often underpriced. If investors reinvest the dividends of such firms, they are buying undervalued shares that will add significantly to their return. — Jeremy Siegel

I am now at a time of life when I can look back on the past, for my soul has been refined in the crucible of interior and exterior trials. Now, like a flower after the storm, I can raise my head and see that the words of the Psalm are realised in me: "The Lord is my Shepherd and I shall want nothing. He hath set me in a place of pasture. He hath brought me up on the water of refreshment. He hath converted my soul. He hath led me on the paths of justice for His own Name's sake. For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils for Thou are with me."[6] — Therese, Saint De Lisieux

There is a weird kind of anonymity a roller coaster provides: It's populated, but everyone's too preoccupied with whirling around the roof of a casino to eavesdrop. It runs a fixed amount of time, has minimal surveillance for lack of a way to descramble the audio, and it's conveniently out of earshot for certain writer- types who might scribble down the plan. — Daniel Younger

My father was a monster. A monster! I cut with my family when I was 23 and I never see them again. — Alejandro Jodorowsky

Brooklyn praise is half slander. — Mark Twain

Much later, when I understood what perfection was, I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself. I understood that there were many kinds of of sanctity and that each soul was free to respond to the approaches of Our Lord and to do little or much for Him - in other words,to make a choice among the sacrifices He demands. — Therese Of Lisieux

Saying a person's name frequently and with ease will cause them to fall in love with you. This is one of the top techniques to learn on how to start a conversation with your crush. — James J. Davis