Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes

If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers.

Mother Teresa

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• I think, with 'Pride,' I always knew that was something amazing because of the people who were in it and the story and the way it was written and who was directing. Anyone in that cast knew it was special.

  

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• It takes me a long time to write, and I trust myself, so I write very sparsely, so when I do, I know it's good, you know what I mean? Rather than writing a whole bunch and having to sort out what's good and what's not.

  

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• The thing I learned from 'Pride and Glory' is that people like to feel a little better leaving the theater than they did coming in.

  

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• Our job as friends, mentors, parents, and writing coaches is not to write anyone's college essay. That's cheating. Plus, it sends a discouraging message to the teenager that he or she can't be trusted with this important assignment. Trust the student to write the essay, but verify that it gets done. Gentle editing and proofreading are allowed.

  

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• Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word.

  

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• I went to my school careers counselors and said I wanted to be an actor, and they didn't know what to do. They showed me catalogues with pretty campuses and said, 'Oh, look, there's a theater building. Why don't you go there?'

  

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• There are lots of different ways for women to be a mom in this culture.

  

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• There was no gleam, no shadow, for the heavens, too, were one still, pale cloud; no sound or motion in anything but the dark river that flowed and moaned like an unresting sorrow.

  

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• If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers.

  

  Mother Teresa
  • Trust
  • Pride
  • Discouraged