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People Quotes by Mother Teresa

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Mother Teresa says people can be selfish and illogical, but she urges us to love them anyway. She talks about how true compassion starts with prayer and caring for the hungry, the sick, and even the poor in our own homes. She also reminds us that the need for love can be deeper than the need for food.

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

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I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money.

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People are not hungry just for bread, they are hungry for love.

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If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.

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If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

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If you can't feed hundred people feed one

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

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I think it is very good when people suffer. To me that is like the kiss of Jesus.

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I think that before people were speaking much about the poor, but now more and more people are speaking to the poor.…

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I want you to find the poor here, right in your own home first. And begin love there. Be that good news…

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People are hungry for God. What [a] terrible meeting [it] would be with our neighbour if we give them only ourselves.

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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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Whatever we get from the government or other people - even one rupee we get, we give it to the poor. Completely…

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Many people (who go to her as volunteers) have found peace, joy and unity in their families by helping the poor.

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Each time anyone comes in contact with us, they must become different and better people because of having met us. We must…

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It's not about how much you do, but how much love you put into what you do that counts. Life isn't worth…

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Sometimes people can hunger for more than bread. It is possible that our children, our husband, our wife, do not hunger for…

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People have forgotten what the human touch is, what it is to smile, for somebody to smile at them, somebody to recognize…

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For me, life is the most beautiful gift of God to mankind, therefore people and nations who destroy life by abortion and…

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We cannot condemn or judge or pass words that will hurt people. We don't know in what way God is appearing to…

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You and I, we are the Church, no? We have to share with our people. Suffering today is because people are hoarding,…

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One day I met a lady who was dying of cancer in a most terrible condition. And I told her, I say,…

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Keep Giving Jesus to the people, not by words but by your example, by being in love with Jesus, by radiating holiness…

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Am I ever angry or frustrated? I only feel angry sometimes when I see waste, when things that we waste are what…

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These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own…

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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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We must not drift away from the humble works, because these are the works nobody will do. It is never too small.…

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When I pick up a person from the street, hungry, I give him a plate of rice, a piece of bread. But…

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We pick up people dying full of worms from the street. We have picked up more than 40,000 of them. If I…

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Lord, help us to see in your crucifixion and resurrection an example of how to endure and seemingly to die in the…

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People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway… Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway… What you…

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I believe God loves the world through us - through you and through me. We use Mother Teresa's name; it is only…

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People crave attention and appreciation more than they do bread.

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People who really want help may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway.

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Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.

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Holiness is not the luxury of a few people, but a simple duty for you and me.

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If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

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A beautiful death is for people who have lived like animals to die like angels.

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If you cannot feed one hundred hungry people, then just feed one really well.

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Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.

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