Mother Teresa Quotes
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Every adult was once a child free from prejudice.
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Anybody who helps the poor is delighted. So naturally, they (critics) are not very happy with us.
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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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We are called to be contemplatives. ..by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time.
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Jesus has said "Come, blessed of my Father, take the seat in the kingdom prepared for you, because I was hungry you gave me food, I was thirsty you have me drink, I was naked you clothed me, I was homeless you took me home and I was sick you visited me." And we are just doing that.
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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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The very fact that God has placed a certain soul in our way is a sign that God wants us to do something for him or her. It is not chance; it has been planned by God. We are bound by conscience to help him or her.
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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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Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand.
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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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If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
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Let us preach you, Dear Jesus, without preaching.... not by words but by our example.
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It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.
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My prayer for you is that you come to understand and have the courage to answer Jesus' call to you with the simple word 'yes'.
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You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see.
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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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Faith in action is love, and love in action is service. By transforming that faith into living acts of love, we put ourselves in contact with God Himself, with Jesus our Lord.
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We must free ourselves to be filled by God. Even God cannot fill what is full.
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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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Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
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Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength.
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A beautiful death is for people who have lived like animals to die like angels.