Mother Teresa Quotes
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If you give what you do not need, it is not giving.
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We must love prayer. It widens the heart to the point of making it capable of containing the gift that God makes of himself. Ask and seek, and your heart will be widened to welcome him and to keep him within itself.
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What you are doing I cannot do, what I'm doing you cannot do, but together we are doing something beautiful for God, and this is the greatness of God's love for us-To give us the opportunity to become holy through the works of love that we do because holiness is not the luxury of the few.
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Love to be real, it must cost – it must hurt – it must empty us of self.
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The point is to do something, however small, and show you care through your actions by giving your time.
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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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No matter who says what, you should accept it with a smile and do your own work.
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Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.
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If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own power. Your self-sufficiency, your selfishness and your intellectual pride will inhibit His coming to live in your heart because God cannot fill what is already full. It is as simple as that.
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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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When we judge others we leave no room to love them.
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It takes a checkbook to change the world
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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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Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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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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We need silence to be able to touch silence .
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Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.
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Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people.
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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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One thing that I ask of you: Never be afraid of giving. There is a deep joy in giving, since what we receive is much more than what we give.
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I am nothing; I am but an instrument, a tiny pencil in the hands of the Lord with which He writes what he likes. However imperfect we are, he writes beautifully.
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We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
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America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men.
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We must never get into the habit of being preoccupied with the future. There is no reason to do so. God is there.