Greater Quotes by Mother Teresa

11 Greater quotes by Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa’s gentle voice shines through these eleven brief sayings, each pointing toward a life lived for others. They’re a modest but heartfelt reminder that true greatness often lives in small, compassionate acts.

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You are greater than you know.

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Love is proved by deeds; the more they cost us, the greater the proof of our love.

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Suffering can become a means to greater love and greater generosity.

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God has created us to love and to be loved, and this is the beginning of prayer-to know that He loves me,…

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In the developed countries there is a poverty of intimacy, a poverty of spirit, of loneliness, of lack of love. There is…

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No matter how tired you are, no matter how physically exhausting this work may be, it's beautiful to bring a smile into…

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People are hungry for something more beautiful, for something greater than people round about can give. There is a great hunger for…

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Love has no meaning if it isn't shared. We have been created for greater things - to love and to be loved...…

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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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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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These are very unskillful comparisons to represent so precious a thing, but I am not clever enough to think out any more:…

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

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

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So many signatures for such a small heart.

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It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.

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

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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.

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