23 Quotes About Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa is a woman who has touched countless lives through her dedicated work as a nun and a humanitarian. As a Catholic nun, she dedicated herself to serving the poor and sick of Calcutta, India. Her work became known as the “Act of Love” and she founded an order of nuns which she called the Missionaries of Charity. In 1984, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work Read more

She said that her work was to “take up the poorest of the poor, those who have been rejected by society…Our first concern must always be to serve the poorest of our brothers and sisters, those who have no one to help them.”

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I like how Mother Teresa put it: "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile." If you approach life this way, always looking for ways to build instead of to tear down, you'll be amazed at how much happiness you can give to others and find for yourself Sean Covey
Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that...
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Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life. Mother Teresa
When you look at Van Gogh, Jesus, Buddha, Mother Teresa...
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When you look at Van Gogh, Jesus, Buddha, Mother Teresa from a "fiscal" perspective, they were homeless. When you look at them from a humanityperspective, they were priceless. Natalie Pace
Only a handful of individuals in human history can be...
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Only a handful of individuals in human history can be truly hailed as Christians, such as Tolstoy, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Rumi, Martin Luther King Jr. and a few others. Abhijit Naskar
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We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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In many cases, it was the woman’s stomach–not her heart–that fell for her man. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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In some cases, it is the woman’s stomach–not her heart–that has left her man for another. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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*Prostitution* is a euphemism for rape incidents that the victim and the economy profits from. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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In some rare cases, a friendship between two people benefits both of them, and what’s more, in some rarer cases, it benefits both of them equally. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Females and boys are the only creatures that propose others for friendship. As for the rest of us, friendship sort of just happens. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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God wants to use you as a divine show room, where the poor, the wearied and the depressed will find comfort and recreation! You got to be kind. It's a sign that you have conquered greed! Israelmore Ayivor
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The only thing I hate about good people is that they like making their being good people bad people’s problem. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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The pleasure or the benefit that the object of our deed derives from it is every now and then greater or even more important than the one we derive from the deed. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Every single good person is a good person for their own sake, not for the sake of humanity, not even for the sake of another human being. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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No single bad person regards themselves as a bad person. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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To label someone as selfless is symptomatic of having bought the preposterous claim that a human being can have great concern for other human beings and little concern for themselves, or that, when taken to extremes, a human being can have great concern for other human beings and absolutely no concern for themselves. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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It is humanly impossible to be selfless. As a matter of fact, human beings are inherently selfish. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Be humble and kind. Kindness has power in it. Look at Mother Teresa, the truest example of kindness. She was humble, kind, and fragile yet she was also a symbol of power. I have never heard of a woman more powerful than her. When we hear name, we must bow our heads with deep respect. Debasish Mridha
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Don’t say you don’t have enough time or enough money to change the world. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Gandhi, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci and Jesus Christ. Shannon L. Alder
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You know, I gave you the benefit of the doubt earlier when I first encountered you, the raging beast–oh I mean bitch. But now I truly think that if greats who devoted themselves and achieved in some way at killing evil with kindness like Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Mandela, Mother Teresa, well I think if any of them met you.. they truly would break that seal of devotion and beat the bloody shit out of you.”“ I take that as a compliment.”“ Oh, I know you do. Chelsea Ballinger
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The rich world likes and wishes to believe that someone, somewhere, is doing something for the Third World. For this reason, it does not inquire too closely into the motives or practices of anyone who fulfills, however vicariously, this mandate. Christopher Hitchens