The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife is doing something to self, and so it destroys the gift of life in him or her
Mother TeresaRead
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Smiling at others is an act of love and kindness that enriches both the giver and the receiver.
This quote emphasizes the profound impact of simple gestures, such as smiling. It suggests that a smile is not just a physical action but an expression of love that can uplift and connect individuals, making it a small yet beautiful gift that fosters warmth and positivity in relationships.
Themes
SmileLoveKindnessGiftPositivity
In practice
Example use cases
Using this quote in a speech about the importance of kindness in our daily interactions.
More from Mother Teresa
All quotes βI believe in person to person; every person is Christ for me, and since there is only one Jesus, that person is only one person in the world for me at that moment.
Mother TeresaRead
Purity is the fruit of prayer.
Mother TeresaRead
If your Eyes are Positive, You will Love the World. _x000D_ But if Your Tongue is Positive, The World will Love you.
Mother TeresaRead
The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.
Mother TeresaRead
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
Mother TeresaRead
Similar quotes
Perhaps we were friends first and lovers second. But then perhaps this is what lovers are.
Andr AcimanRead
True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
Honore De BalzacRead
Spiritual Love is born of sorrow. . . . For men love one another with spiritual love only when they have suffered the same sorrow together, when through long days they have ploughed the stony ground buried beneath the common yoke of a common grief. It is then that they know one another and feel one another and feel with one another in their common anguish, and so they pity one another and love one another.
Miguel De UnamunoRead
To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.
Victor HugoRead
I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath; I am the memory of a moment of happiness; I am the last gift of the living to the dead; I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.
Khalil GibranRead
I made your sorrow mine also, that you might have help in bearing it.
Oscar WildeRead