Mother Teresa Quotes
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I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.
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Never Let Anyone Come to You Without Coming Away Better and Happier
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I think that before people were speaking much about the poor, but now more and more people are speaking to the poor. That is the great difference.
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The first time I received an award, I was very surprised. I did not know whether to accept it or not. But I came to the conclusion that I should accept awards in the name of the poorest poor, as a form of homage to them. I think that basically, when awards are given to me, the existence of the poor in the world is being recognized.
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There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working together.
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Be humble and you will never be disturbed. It is very difficult in practice because we all want to see the result of our work. Leave it to Jesus.
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We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly.
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There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love
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Every day I see Jesus Christ in all his distressing disguises.
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Keep your heart pure. A pure heart is necessary to see God in each other. If you see God in each other, there is love for each other, then there is peace.
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Gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.
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God never sends us more than we can handle.
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What will we answer to Him about that child, that old father and mother, because they are His creation, they are children of God.
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When you don't have anything, then you have everything.
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How sad it is when someone comes to you looking for Jesus and all they see is you.
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Work without love is slavery.
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Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.
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In reality, there is only one true prayer, only one substantial prayer: Christ himself. There is only one voice which rises above the face of the earth, the voice of Christ. Prayer is oneness with Christ.
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Together we can do great things.
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Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical.
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You who have received so much love, share it with others. Love others the way that God has loved you, with tenderness.
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I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.
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She knows how to suffer and at the same time how to laugh.
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My key to heaven is that I loved Jesus in the night.