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Quotes About Compassion

Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love.
~ Mother Teresa
I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, "How many good things have you done in your life?" Rather he will ask, "How much love did you put into what you did?"
~ Mother Teresa
The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
~ Mother Teresa
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.
~ Mother Teresa
Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
~ Mother Teresa
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
~ Mother Teresa
At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.
~ Mother Teresa
Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.
~ Mother Teresa
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.
~ Mother Teresa
There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.
~ Mother Teresa
What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.
~ Mother Teresa
If you judge people you have no time to love them.
~ Mother Teresa
I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.
~ Mother Teresa
Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.
~ Mother Teresa
If you can't feed a hundred people, feed just one.
~ Mother Teresa
A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in his love than in your weakness.
~ Mother Teresa
May God break my heart so completely that the whole world falls in.
~ Mother Teresa
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
~ Mother Teresa
Work without love is slavery.
~ Mother Teresa
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
~ Mother Teresa
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
~ Mother Teresa
If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
~ Mother Teresa
One filled with joy preaches without preaching.
~ Mother Teresa
Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.
~ Mother Teresa