Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes

Peace begins with a smile.

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• I get depressed at airports.

  

  Adam Carolla
  • Get
  • Depressed

• I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!

  

  Ted Allen
  • Good
  • Real
  • House

• I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.

  

  Hailee Steinfeld
  • Thinking
  • Remember
  • Amazing

• I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.

  

  Camilla Belle
  • She
  • Age
  • Strong

• I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Job
  • Sun
  • Did

• As his talent expands, some of his stories become pointed social commentary; some are surprisingly effective religious tracts, disguised as science fiction. Others still are nostalgic vignettes, but under it all is still Bradbury, the poet of 20th-century neurosis.

  

  Damon Knight
  • Science
  • Religious
  • Talent

• In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper.

  

  Wellington Mara
  • Trying
  • Sometimes
  • Hole

• Before I got married, I dated the gamut.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • Married
  • Before
  • Got

• Human beings are religious animals.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Religious
  • Human
  • Animals

• Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through.

  

  Harriet Tubman
  • You
  • Me
  • See

• In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Life
  • World
  • Modern

• I love puns. I've been known to turn the car around just to take advantage of a good pun situation. It really is the highest form of humor.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Good
  • Love
  • Car

• You can't force chemistry. It's either there or it's not. You can't create it.

  

  Hannah Simone
  • You
  • Force
  • Chemistry

• I am not one to turn down macaroni and cheese, even late at night. I love Italian food. I love pasta... A refrigerator full of water and Gatorade? Honey, that's just not gonna happen.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Night
  • Food
  • Turn

• Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • People
  • Good

• Calm on the bosom of thy God,Fair spirit, rest thee now!

  

  Felicia Hemans
  • God
  • Rest
  • Calm

• My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests, but lonely and chill, and without a household fire. I longed to kindle one! It seemed not so wild a dream.

  

  Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Heart
  • Dream
  • Fire

• Visitor: Monsieur Degas, were there any of Monet's pictures at the Durand-Ruel exhibition?Degas: Why, I met Monet himself there, and I said to him, 'Let me get out of here. Those reflections in the water hurt my eyes!' His pictures were always too draughty for me. If it had been any worse I should have had to turn up my coat collar.

  

  Edgar Degas
  • Up
  • Why
  • Eyes

• I know it's late, I know you're wearyI know your plans don't include meStill here we are, both of us lonelyLonging for shelter from all that we seeWhy should we worry, no one will care girlLook at the stars so far awayWe've got tonight, who needs tomorrow?We've got tonight babe,Why don't you stay?

  

  Bob Seger
  • Why
  • Worry

• Where the heart is full of kindness which seeks no injury to another, either in act or thought or wish, this full love creates an atmosphere of harmony, whose benign power touches with healing all who come within its influence. Peace in the heart radiates peace to other hearts, even more surely than contention breeds contention.

  

  Patanjali
  • Heart
  • Power
  • Peace

• You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness.

  

  Brad Garrett
  • Life
  • Smile

• It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.

  

  Elihu Root
  • Long
  • War
  • Community

• Peace begins with a smile.

  

  Mother Teresa
  • Peace
  • Smile