Monday, July 19, 2010

Strong Women - Mother Teresa


Mother Teresa, 1910 - 1997                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
The Missionaries of Charity 1950
Nobel Prize in Peace 1979                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Today I felt that just to share quotes by a special "strong woman" would suffice:

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.

Good works are links that form a chain of love.

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.

I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

9 comments:

Cindy said...

What powerful quotes, so full of wisdom. take care.

Patti said...

Mother Teresa was such an amazing woman. What an example of love in action she was.

Have a lovely day,
Patti

Laurie said...

You couldn't have picked a better woman to quote. She was an amazing, beautiful person, with so much love and wisdom

Annie Jeffries said...

YES!! She is the most beautiful woman, past or present,in my book.

Cathy said...

This is a wonderful post, Marilyn. It certainly gives us something to think about.

koralee said...

I love her!!! She has inspired so many...GRACE and LOVE are the words that comes to mind when I read these beautiful quotes...thank you! xoxo

Sheila said...

A very special woman.
Beautiful heart.

Deanna said...

Marilyn, I enjoyed this post!
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Angela McRae said...

She was indeed an amazing woman, and filled with wisdom!