Mother Teresa on happiness
Mother Teresa97 quotes“Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”
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Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.
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. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa When you have nothing left but God,you have more than enough to start over again.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.
Mother TeresaMother 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.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If I look at the mass I will never act.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family.
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