Mother Teresa Quotes About Faith
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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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God didn't call me to be successful, He called me to be faithful.
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Holiness grows so fast where there is kindness. The world is lost for want of sweetness and kindness. Do not forget we need each other.
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Do you really know the living Jesus - not from books but from being with Him in your heart? Have you heard the loving words He speaks to you?... The devil may try to use the hurts of life, and sometimes our own mistakes - to make you feel it is impossible that Jesus really loves you, is really cleaving to you. This is a danger for all of us. And so sad, because it is completely the opposite of what Jesus is really wanting, waiting to tell you. Not only that He loves you, but even more - He longs for you.
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Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
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Be humble and you will never be disturbed. It is very difficult in practice because we all want to see the result of our work. Leave it to Jesus.
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Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
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If faith is lacking, it is because there is too much selfishness, too much concern for personal gain. For faith to be true, it has to be generous and loving. Love and faith go together, they complete each other.
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If we are Christians, we must look like Christ - this is my deep conviction.
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Faith is more important to me than life itself because without it there would be no fullness of life.
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God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what prayer is meant to be.
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My television is the tabernacle.
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Open your hearts to the love God instills . . . God loves you tenderly. What He gives you is not to be kept under lock and key, but to be shared.
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It is much easier to conquer a country than to conquer ourselves.
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To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
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If I ever become a Saint - I will surely be one of "darkness." I will continually be absent from heaven - to light the light of those in darkness on earth.
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I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.
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Work without love is slavery.
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God does not require that we be successful only that we be faithful.
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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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Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.
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