Love needs to be proved by action.

Love needs to be proved by action.

Thérèse of Lisieux

Whose hands are God's hands, but our hands?

Whose hands are God's hands, but our hands?

The world's thy ship and not thy home.

The world's thy ship and not thy home.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God's mercy.

How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God's mercy.

When one loves, one does not calculate.

When one loves, one does not calculate.

Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.

Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.

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

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

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

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

Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.

Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.

When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.

When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.

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

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

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

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

It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.

It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.

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

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

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

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