Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.
-
I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
-
When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
-
Probably I understand very much the people who rise against injustice.
-
My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
-
Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
-
Death seems to be a long way off. Is this not shallow thinking? It is worthless and is only a joke within a dream. It will not do to think in such a way and be negligent. Insofar as death is always at one's door, one should make sufficient effort and act quickly.
-
Being able to laugh is sexy in a man or woman.
-
There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.
-
I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.
-
Africa’s progress will depend on unleashing economic growth - not just for the few at the top, but for the many, because an essential element of dignity is being able to live a decent life. That begins with a job. And that requires trade and investment.
-
The man was either foolish or fearless. Assuming there was a difference.
-
A desert's a stupid place to put a river.
-
Women have crucified the Mary Wollstonecrafts, the Fanny Wrights, and the George Sands of all ages. Men mock us with the fact and say we are ever cruel to each other... If this present woman must be crucified, let men drive the spikes.
-
My life is perfectly happy and giggly and I'm perfectly grateful every day; if there are problems to have, the ones I have are the ones to have; I'm lucky.
-
Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.
-
Lingerie is one of the most important pieces of your wardrobe. You can have a wardrobe malfunction if you don't choose the right thing to wear underneath!
-
When I go into 'You're the Worst,' I'm very glammed up, and my hair and makeup is va-va-voom. Now what I'm having fun with in 'Grease' is, honestly, I go to rehearsals with zero makeup. When I get pimples, I get excited about it, like 'Yay! It helps the character!' The frumpier and uglier and grosser, the better with Jan.
-
Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
-
The beauty and the scent of roses can be used as a medicine and the sun rays as a food.
-
One has to know how to swim just well enough to avoid having to save anyone else.
-
My baby is the joy in my life.
-
Believe me, it is no time for words when the wounds are fresh and bleeding; no time for homilies when the lightning's shaft has smitten, and the man lies stunned and stricken. Then let the comforter be silent; let him sustain by his presence, not by his preaching; by his sympathetic silence, not by his speech.
-
One filled with joy preaches without preaching.
