Mother Teresa Quotes
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May God give back to you in love all the love you have given.
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If you're too busy to pray...you're too busy
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Joy must be one of the pivots of our life. It is the token of a generous personality. Sometimes it is also a mantle that clothes a life of sacrifice and self-giving. A person who has this gift often reaches high summits. He or she is like sun in a community.
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Failure is merely feedback that there is something blocking the path of the emergence and expansion of the greatest version of yourself.
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The family that prays together stays together, and if they stay together they will love one another as God has loved each one of them. And works of love are always works of peace.
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Helping hands are better than Praying Lips
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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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Silence of the heart is necessary so you can hear God everywhere - in the closing of the door, in the person who needs you, in the birds that sing, in the flowers, in the animals.
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Open your hearts to the love God instills . . . God loves you tenderly. What He gives you is not to be kept under lock and key, but to be shared.
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We must become holy, not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live his life fully in us.
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So many signatures for such a small heart.
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To be able to proclaim the Good News to the poor we must know what is poverty.
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There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering, too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.
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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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By abortion the Mother does not learn to love, but kills her own child to solve her problems. And, by abortion, that father is told that he does not have to take any responsibility at all for the child he has brought into the world. The father is likely to put other women to the same trouble. So abortion leads to more abortion.
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If you are hungry to hear the voice of God, you will hear. To hear, you have to cut out all other things.
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You know my God. My God is called love.
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Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.
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We cannot separate our lives from the Eucharist; the moment we do, something breaks. People ask, 'Where do the sisters get the joy and the energy to do what they are doing?' The Eucharist involves more than just receiving; it also involves satisfying the hunger of Christ. He says, 'Come to Me.' He is hungry for souls.
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I know I would not be able to work one week if it were not for that continual force coming from Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
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I think that we in our family don't need bombs and guns, to destroy to bring peace - just get together, love one another, bring that peace, that joy, that strength of presence of each other in the home. And we will be able to overcome all the evil that is in the world.
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People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway.... Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.... What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. .. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you've got anyway.
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If your Eyes are Positive, You will Love the World. But if Your Tongue is Positive, The World will Love you.
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Peace begins with a smile. I will never understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish.