We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked, and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.

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"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."

- Mother Teresa

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"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."

- Mother Teresa

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

- Mother Teresa

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"It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you."

- Mother Teresa

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"Spread love everywhere you go."

- Mother Teresa

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"She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"We should never judge someone based on their appearance."

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"Beauty and ugliness are merely subjective labels. What matters is who we are inside."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"When we see beyond appearances, we discover the true essence of a person."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Worry is a misuse of imagination."

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