Mother Teresa Quotes
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Your true character Is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do 'Nothing' for you
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"In each of our lives Jesus comes as the Bread of Life - to be eaten, to be consumed by us. This is how He loves us. Then Jesus comes in our human life as the hungry one, the other, hoping to be fed with the Bread of our life, our hearts by loving, and our hands by serving. In loving and serving, we prove that we have been created in the likeness of God, for God is Love and when we love we are like God. This is what Jesus meant when He said, "Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God
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Life is love, enjoy it. Life is mystery, know it. Life is a promise, fulfill it.
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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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We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
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Today somebody is suffering, today somebody is in the street, today somebody is hungry. ... We have only today to make Jesus known, loved, served, fed, clothed, sheltered. Do not wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow we will not have them if we do not feed them today.
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If you're too busy to pray...you're too busy
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When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now. This is why you should ask your parish priest to have perpetual adoration in your parish. I beg the Blessed Mother to touch the hearts of all parish priests that they may have perpetual Eucharistic adoration in their parishes, and that it may spread throughout the entire world
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Helping hands are better than Praying Lips
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May God give back to you in love all the love you have given.
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Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
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If our bones were not sending whispers of doubt to our hearts, there would be no need for prayer at all.
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Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.
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Joy is prayer; joy is strength, joy is love. God loves a cheerful giver. The best way we can show our gratitude to God and the people is to accept everything with joy.
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I choose the poverty of our poor people. But I am grateful to receive it (the Nobel) in the name of the hungry, the naked, the homeless, of the crippled, of the blind, of the lepers, of all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone.
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Do not let the past disturb you, just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and begin again with joy.
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The purpose of guilt is to bring us to the Lord, after that it has no purpose.
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We are called to be contemplatives. ..by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time.
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Let us not be afraid to be humble, small, helpless to prove our love for God. The cup of water you give the sick, the way you lift a dying man, the way you feed a baby, the way you teach a dull child, the way you give medicine to a sufferer of leprosy, the joy with which you smile at your own at home - all this is God's love in the world today.
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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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I remember I picked up a person from the street who was nearly eaten up with maggots, and he said, I have lived like an animal, but I am going to die like an angel, loved and cared for.
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Love is proved by deeds; the more they cost us, the greater the proof of our love.
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Love to be real, it must cost – it must hurt – it must empty us of self.