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Inspirational Quotes by Mother Teresa

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Mother Teresa says love is peace and that we should love people even when they are selfish or illogical. She teaches that forgiving others brings us forgiveness in return. She also reminds us to give our best, to pause and smile, and not to be obsessed with the future.

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Peace beings with a smile

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God never sends us more than we can handle.

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It takes a checkbook to change the world

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Failure is nothing but the kiss of Jesus.

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Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

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Souls of prayer are souls of great silence

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Faith keeps the person who keeps the faith.

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Where there is love, there is joy.

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It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.

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Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me.

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The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give.

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God does not create poverty; we do, because we do not share.

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You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see.

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We want to create hope for the person ... we must give hope, always hope.

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Love - the more you share with others, the more you have.

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The child is the beauty of God present in the world, that greatest gift to a family

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You who have received so much love, share it with others. Love others the way that God has loved you, with tenderness.

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I have the feeling that we are in such a hurry that we do not have time to look at one another…

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O God, how easily I make them happy! Give me strength to be always the light of their lives and so lead…

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We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love…

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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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We do our work for Jesus and with Jesus. It's not a matter of praying some times and working others. We pray…

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And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love, and once we…

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Our joy will be complete if we remain in his love, for his love is personal, intimate, real, living, delicate, faithful love.

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Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that…

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“It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is…

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I don't claim anything of the work. It is his work. I am like a little pencil in his hand. That is…

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The family that prays together stays together, and if they stay together they will love one another as God has loved each…

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If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win…

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If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers. Never bother about…

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A Mother is the heart of the home

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Abortion is profoundly anti-women.

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Life is luck, make it.

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Together we can do great things.

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You are greater than you know.

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We have only today. Let us begin

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Holiness is doing God's will with a smile.

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Purity is the fruit of prayer.

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You can and you must expect suffering.

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Charity isn't about pity, it is about love.

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Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within the reach of every hand.

All works of love are works of peace.

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Holy living consists in doing God's work with a smile.

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We may not be able to give much but we can always give the joy that springs in a heart that is in LOVE…

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We too are called to withdraw at certain intervals into deeper silence and aloneness with God, together as a community as well as personally;…

People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.

Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical.

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.