Mother Teresa on compassion
Mother Teresa97 quotes“I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.”
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The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new perspective.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Work without love is slavery.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If you can’t feed a hundred people, feed just one.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Smile at each other. Smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other- it doesn’t matter who it is- and that will help to grow up in greater love for each other.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa When you know how much God is in love with you then you can only live your life radiating that love.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Live simply so others may simply live.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Joy is strength.
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson Compassion is the radicalism of our time.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Lao TzuLao Tzu A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.
Anais NinAnais Nin Now that I understand that I’m an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.
EminemEminem No matter how much people on the left talk about compassion, they have no compassion for the taxpayers.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson