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It takes a checkbook to change the world

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Mother Teresa
Age: 87 †
Born: 1910
Born: August 26
Died: 1997
Died: September 5
Religious Sister
Saint
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Checkbook
Takes
Change
World

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Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.
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Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
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It is only by frequent deaths of ourselves and our self-centered desires that we can come to live more fully.
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The family that prays together stays together, and if they stay together they will love one another as God has loved each one of them. And works of love are always works of peace.
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Our poverty is freedom. This is our poverty - the giving up our freedom to dispose of things, to choose, to possess
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Helping hands are better than Praying Lips
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Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.
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By abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems.
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Let's not pray long, drawn-out prayers, but let's pray short ones full of love. Let us pray on behalf of those who do not pray. Let us remember, if we want to be able to love, we must be able to pray!
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It is impossible to love God without loving our neighbor.
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He who is faultless does not care for the opinion of others.
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We need prayer to understand God's love for us. If we really mean to pray and want to pray we must be ready to do it now. These are only the first steps towards prayer but if we never make the first step with determination, we will not reach the last one: the presence of God
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To fear is to expect punishment. To love is to know we are immersed not in darkness, but in light.
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Abortion is murder in the womb...A child is a gift of God. If you do not want him, give him to me.
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What you are doing I cannot do, what I'm doing you cannot do, but together we are doing something beautiful for God, and this is the greatness of God's love for us-To give us the opportunity to become holy through the works of love that we do because holiness is not the luxury of the few.
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A joyful heart is like the sunshine of God's love, the hope of eternal happiness.
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I don't think there is anyone who needs God's help as much as I do. Sometimes I feel so helpless and weak. I think that is why God uses me. Because I cannot depend on my own strength, I rely on Him twenty-four hours a day.
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Do you want to be great? Pick up a broom and sweep the floor.
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I will not pray clarity for you. Clarity is the crutch of the Christian. But I will pray trust for you, that your trust will increase.
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Whatever we get from the government or other people - even one rupee we get, we give it to the poor. Completely free service.
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