Mother Teresa Quotes
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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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Suffering is nothing by itself. But suffering shared with the passion of Christ is a wonderful gift, the most beautiful gift, a token of love.
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Small things done with great love will change the world.
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I don't think we can do anything more than what we are doing now.
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You are greater than you know.
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Thank God we don't serve God with our feelings, otherwise I don't know where I would be. - Pray for me.
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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth, a life full of the most atrocious tortures on earth, will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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The fullness of our heart is expressed in our eyes, in our touch, in what we write, in what we say, in the way we walk, the way we receive, the way we serve.
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You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see.
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We must free ourselves to be filled by God. Even God cannot fill what is full.
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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 are at Jesus' disposal. If he wants you to be sick in bed, if he wants you to proclaim His work in the street, if he wants you to clean the toilets all day, that's all right, everything is all right. We must say, "I belong to you. You can do whatever you like." And this ..is our strength, and this is the joy of the Lord.
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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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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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If you give what you do not need, it is not giving.
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Holiness is doing God's will with a smile.
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If I look at the mass I will never act.
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If you pray more you will pray better.
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Do not worry about why problems exist in the world - just respond to people's needs.
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In our home (for the dying at Kali Ghat) in Calcutta, there is great peace, unity and love. Many Hindu families bring food, clothing nonstop to our home for the dying. This is an act of love. I didn't ask them. They have only heard about what I am doing and they all come.
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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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God gives us things to share, God doesn't give us things to hold.
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Whenever you share love with others, you'll notice the peace that comes to you and to them.
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The work we do is only our love for Jesus in action...If we pray the work...if we do it to Jesus, if we do it for Jesus, if we do it with Jesus...that's what makes us content.