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Heart Quotes by Mother Teresa

87 Heart quotes by Mother Teresa

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A heart that loves God feels a bright joy, like sunshine on a clear day. Mother Teresa’s words remind us that compassion grows when we pray, and a clean heart can hear God’s voice. She also links serving others with a life full of faith and love.

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Give people not only your care, but also your heart.

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A Mother is the heart of the home

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God speaks in the silence of the heart.

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So many signatures for such a small heart.

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Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.

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Prayer gives us a pure heart and a pure heart can do much.

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A clean heart can see God, can speak to God, and can see the love of God in others.

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Perfect prayer does not consist in many words, but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus.

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Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet especially your family. Be holy…

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May God break my heart so completely that the whole world falls in.

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All that we need to know all the wisdom of the cosmos we will find in our own heart

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We are not social workers. We are contemplatives in the heart of the world.

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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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Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.

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The joy of the presence of Jesus, you must be able to give wherever you go. But you cannot give what you…

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Joy is prayer. Joy is strength. Joy is love. Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. God…

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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…

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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…

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If you think well of others, you will also speak well of others and to others. From the abundance of the heart…

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I am Albanian by birth. Now I am a citizen of India. I am also a Catholic nun. In my work, I…

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At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the…

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Open your hearts to the love God instills . . . God loves you tenderly. What He gives you is not to…

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A clean heart is a free heart. A free heart can love Christ with an undivided love in chastity, convinced that nothing…

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We must have a real living determination to reach holiness. ''I will be a saint'' means I will despoil myself of all…

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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…

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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…

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As Lent is the time for greater love, listen to Jesus' thirst...'Repen t and believe' Jesus tells us. What are we to…

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Have a great compassion for people. To be able to have a heart full of compassion, we need to pray. Especially be…

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Mary, my dearest Mother, give me your heart so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate, your heart so full of love and humility,…

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Christ prays in me, Christ works in me, Christ thinks in me, Christ looks through my eyes, Christ speaks through my words,…

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I once picked up a woman from a garbage dump and she was burning with fever; she was in her last days…

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Our life of contemplation shall retain the following characteristics: —missionary: by going out physically or in spirit in search of souls all…

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Thou shall love the Lord with thy whole heart, soul, and mind. This is the commandment of the Great God, and he…

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There are some people who, in order not to pray use as an excuse the fact that life is so hectic that…

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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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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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Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of…

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Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.

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A joyful heart is like the sunshine of God's love, the hope of eternal happiness.

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In the silence of our hearts, God speaks of His love; with our silence, we allow Jesus to love us.

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So many signatures for such a small heart.

They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one…

It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.

The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give God to fill us.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.