Mother Teresa on charity
Mother Teresa97 quotes“If you can’t feed a hundred people, feed just one.”
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Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Give, but give until it hurts.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Intense love does not measure it just gives.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If a mother can kill her own child – what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me – there is nothing between.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Joy is a net of love in which you can catch souls.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa I still think that the greatest suffering is being lonely, feeling unloved, just having no one. That is the worst disease that any human being can ever experience.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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More on charity
Everything that is not given is lost.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
Zig ZiglarZig Ziglar When we donate, we are all on the same team!
Lionel MessiLionel Messi A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Charity, especially towards the vulnerable, is the best opportunity we have to keep working to build up a culture of encounter.
Pope FrancisPope Francis It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.
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