Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes
At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.
Quotes to Explore
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People are patronizing the theatres with renewed enthusiasm - there is an entire picnic-like attitude when families go out to see movies, which is a very good sign. They want to see larger-than-life characters on the big screen and not just watch movies on television or on DVDs.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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I've learned to be more accepting of myself. I'm 37, not 18, and I've got the lines to prove it. I try to remind myself that a girl can have it all, just not all at once.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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If you don't have religious fallibilism, you have immense problems.
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When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they start calling people my age, 18, up, I was one they called.
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I don't ever remember not praying. Bedtime prayers, the rosary, praying for friends, relatives, for the sick and for those who had died. It was a natural part of our lives.
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I guess I was always a ham, and I was anxious to try doing different things. I started doing impressions to make friends at school. I would do them during recess. Maybe some of the kids thought I was being weird, but everyone seemed to have a good time.
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Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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We've only explored about five percent of our ocean. There are great discoveries yet to be made down there, fantastic creatures representing millions of years of evolution and possibly bioactive compounds that could benefit us in ways that we can't even yet imagine.
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I like routine.
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I do have thighs and a butt. I have cellulite.
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Life would have been absolutely empty without imagination.
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The best leaders don't set timid and selfish goals but instead set bold targets that may be harder to achieve.
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Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
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Are you a fun-loving Tigger or a sad-sack Eeyore? Pick a camp. I think it's clear where I stand on the great Tigger/Eeyore debate!
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People don't realize that I started in musical theater. That's where my roots are.
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The pressure on kids is high to get good grades. In my time, no one cared about it. My father looked at them but he didn't really make much fuss about them.
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I believe God has a specific purpose for me – and for every other person to whom he gives the gift of life.
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Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.
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We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.
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My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very early and was allowed to read whatever I wanted.
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At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.
