Mother Teresa Quotes
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Let us preach you, Dear Jesus, without preaching.... not by words but by our example.
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Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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Everybody has something good inside them. Some hide it, some neglect it, but it is there
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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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To be alone with Jesus in adoration and intimate union with Him is the Greatest Gift of Love - the tender love of Our Father in Heaven.
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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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Silence gives us a new way of looking at something.
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Don't expect your friend to be a perfect person. Help your friend to become a perfect person. That is true friendship
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In the poorest of the poor we see Jesus in distressed guise.
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Prayer to be fruitful must come from the heart and must be able to touch the heart of God.
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The coming of Jesus at Bethlehem brought joy to the world and to every human heart. may His coming this Christmas bring to each one of us that peace and joy that He desires to give.
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It is more difficult to fight poverty in a rich country than in a poor one.
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It is very important that children learn from their fathers and mothers how to love one another- not in the school, not from the teacher, but from you. It is very important that you share with your children the joy of that smile. There will be misunderstandings; every family has its cross, its suffering. Always be the first to forgive with a smile. Be cheerful, be happy.
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Be humble like Mary so that you can be holy like Jesus
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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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You are greater than you know.
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Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.
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She is such a sad soul. It is good that it is over. Nobody was happy anyhow. I know I should preach family love and unity, but in their case. . . .
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Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
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Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
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I realized that I had the call to take care of the sick and the dying, the hungry, the naked, the homeless - to be God's Love in action to the poorest of the poor. That was the beginning of the Missionaries of Charity.
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Small things done with great love will change the world.
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I do make conversion, if conversion means really turning people to God - to have a clean heart and to love God. That's the real conversion.
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Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand.