“We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.”
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Mother Teresa
“Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.”
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Mother Teresa
“Each of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission, will disappear.”
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Mother Teresa
“If you give what you do not need, it is not giving.”
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Mother Teresa
“Christ came to be Father's compassion to the world. Be kind in your actions. Do not think that you are the only one who can do efficient work, work worth showing. This makes you harsh in your judgment of others who may not have the same talents. Do your best and trust that others do their best. And be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
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Mother Teresa
“Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.”
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Mother Teresa
“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.”
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Mother Teresa
“How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers."
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Mother Teresa
“He has told us that He is the hungry one. He is the naked one. He is the thirsty one. He is the one without a home. He is the one who is suffering. These are our treasures, she said, looking at the rows of pallets in the caravanserai. They are Jesus.”
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Mother Teresa
“If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve.”
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Mother Teresa
“Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.”
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Mother Teresa
“I know i am touching the living body of Christ in the broken bodies of the hungry and the suffering.”
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Mother Teresa
“We must become holy not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live His life fully in us.”
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Mother Teresa
“He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your weakness.”
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Mother Teresa
