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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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.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.
Mother TeresaMother 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.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Love to be real, it must cost – it must hurt – it must empty us of self.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Peace begins with a smile.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Jesus said love one another. He didn’t say love the whole world.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa He who is faultless does not care for the opinion of others.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa When you don’t have anything, then you have everything.
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