Mother Teresa Quotes
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Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.
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Put yourself completely under the influence of Jesus, so that he may think his thoughts in your mind, do his work through your hands, for you will be all-powerful with him to strengthen you.
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The poor give us much more than we give them. They're such strong people, living day to day with no food. And they never curse, never complain. We don't have to give them pity or sympathy. We have so much to learn from them.
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By abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems.
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Do we know our poor people? Do we know the poor in our house, in our family? Perhaps they are not hungry for a piece of bread. Perhaps our children, husband, wife, are not hungry, or naked, or dispossessed, but are you sure there is no one there who feels unwanted, deprived of affection?
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I have told everybody that what we are doing is for the love of God and works of love are always to accept and respect others.
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O God, how easily I make them happy! Give me strength to be always the light of their lives and so lead them to You!
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Prayer is in all things, in all gestures.
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Be faithful in the little things.
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God has created us to love and to be loved, and this is the beginning of prayer-to know that He loves me, that I have been created for greater things.
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Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and not just a need to urge others to do something.
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Because I cannot rely on myself, I rely on Him, twenty-four hours a day.
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Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.
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A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in his love than in your weakness.
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There are others who take up that liberating role. I have no time to spend for that.
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In loving one another through our works we bring an increase of grace and a growth in divine love.
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People are hungry for God. Do you see that? Quite often we look but do not see. We are all passing through this world. We need to open our eyes and see.
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One filled with joy preaches without preaching.
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It is not the magnitude of our actions, but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.
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If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
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Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.
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Lord, help us to accept the pains and conflicts that come to us each day as opportunities to grow as people and become more like you.
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You are greater than you know.
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The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family.