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title: "8 Empty Quotes By Mother Teresa"
description: "8 Empty quotes by Mother Teresa. Plus more from Mother Teresa and more Empty sayings from other authors."
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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-too-are-called-to-withdraw-at-certain-intervals-into-deeper/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give God to fill us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/the-more-we-empty-ourselves-the-more-room-we-give-god-to-fill-us/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [Let us remain as empty as possible so that God can fill us up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/let-us-remain-as-empty-as-possible-so-that-god-can-fill-us-up/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/a-sacrifice-to-be-real-must-cost-must-hurt-and-must-empty-ourselves/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/love-to-be-real-it-must-cost-it-must-hurt-it-must-empty-us-of-self/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [The humility of Jesus can be seen in the crib, in the exile to Egypt, in the hidden life, in the inability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/the-humility-of-jesus-can-be-seen-in-the-crib-in-the-exile-to-egypt/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [even God could do nothing for someone already full. You have to be completely empty to let Him in to do what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/even-god-could-do-nothing-for-someone-already-full-you-have-to-be/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, must empty ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/a-sacrifice-to-be-real-must-cost-must-hurt-must-empty-ourselves/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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## Other authors on Empty

## More by Mother Teresa

> [Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within the reach of every hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/love-is-a-fruit-in-season-at-all-times-and-within-the-reach-of-every/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [All works of love are works of peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/all-works-of-love-are-works-of-peace/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Speak in a low, persuasive tone. Listen; be teachable. Laugh at good stories and learn to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/keep-the-corners-of-your-mouth-turned-up-speak-in-a-low-persuasive/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [Holy living consists in doing God's work with a smile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/holy-living-consists-in-doing-god-s-work-with-a-smile/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [I don't look at anything. Every person whether he is Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist, he is my brother, my sister. I think we all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/i-don-t-look-at-anything-every-person-whether-he-is-hindu-muslim-or/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [We may not be able to give much but we can always give the joy that springs in a heart that is in LOVE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-may-not-be-able-to-give-much-but-we-can-always-give-the-joy-that/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/maybe-if-i-didn-t-pick-up-that-one-person-i-wouldn-t-have-picked-up/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [We too are called to withdraw at certain intervals into deeper silence and aloneness with God, together as a community as well as personally;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-too-are-called-to-withdraw-at-certain-intervals-into-deeper/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/people-are-unrealistic-illogical-and-self-centered-love-them-anyway/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/recovering-in-a-calcutta-india-hospital-i-think-i-m-more-difficult/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [So many signatures for such a small heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/so-many-signatures-for-such-a-small-heart/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/they-should-give-until-it-hurts-maybe-a-very-small-thing-maybe-just-a/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/it-is-by-forgiving-that-one-is-forgiven/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give God to fill us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/the-more-we-empty-ourselves-the-more-room-we-give-god-to-fill-us/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/joy-is-prayer-joy-is-strength-joy-is-love-joy-is-a-net-of-love-by/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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