“When a poor person dies of hunger it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.”
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Mother Teresa
“I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.”
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Mother Teresa
“I pray that you will understand the words of Jesus, “Love one another as I have loved you.” Ask yourself “How has he loved me? Do I really love others in the same way?” Unless this love is among us, we can kill ourselves with work and it will only be work, not love. Work without love is slavery.”
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Mother Teresa
“There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.”
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Mother Teresa
“Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love begets service on behalf of the poor.”
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Mother Teresa
“I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.”
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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
“How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers”
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Mother Teresa
“The very fact that God has placed a certain soul in our way is a sign that God wants us to do something for him or her. It is not chance; it has been planned by God. We are bound by conscience to help him or her.”
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Mother Teresa
“I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.”
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Mother Teresa
“We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world.”
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Mother Teresa
“If you judge people, you don't have time to love them.”
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Mother Teresa
“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”
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Mother Teresa
“May God break my heart so completely that the whole world falls in”
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Mother Teresa
