I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.

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Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service. Whatever form we are, able or disabled, rich or poor, it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing; a lifelong sharing of love with others.

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The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

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We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

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Saints are only sinners who keep trying.

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God didn't call me to be successful, He called me to be faithful.

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You can pray while you work. Work doesn't stop prayer and prayer doesn't stop work. It requires only that small raising of the mind to him: I love you God, I trust you, I believe in you, I need you now. Small things like that. They are wonderful prayers.

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Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness.

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People are generally irrational, unreasonable and selfish. They deserve to be loved, anyway.

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If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.

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