Mother Teresa Quotes
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Please don't kill the child. I want the child. Please give me the child. I am willing to accept any child who would be aborted, and to give that child to a married couple who will love the child, and be loved by the child. From our children's home in Calcutta alone, we have saved over 3,000 children from abortions. These children have brought such love and joy to their adopting parents, and have grown up so full of love and joy!
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There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working together.
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It is a just retribution for improper sexual misconduct
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I always say "if you are afraid of them (the unborn), give them to me. Please, don't kill them."
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The family that prays together stays together, and if they stay together they will love one another as God has loved each one of them. And works of love are always works of peace.
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Serve God joyfully. Let there be no sadness in your life: the only true sorrow is sin.
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God has identified himself with the hungry, the sick, the naked, the homeless; hunger not only for bread, but for love, for care, to be somebody to someone; nakedness, not for clothing only, but nakedness of that compassion that very few people give to the unknown; homelessness, not only just for a shelter made from stone but for that homelessness that comes from having no one to call your own.
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Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.
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May today be peace within. May you trust your highest power that you are exactly where you are meant to be... May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you... May you be content knowing you are a child of God... Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise, and love. It is there for each and every one of you.
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It was easier to deal with poverty and death in India that the lack of spirituality in America.
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One filled with joy preaches without preaching.
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Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a great thing.
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If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.
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Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Speak in a low, persuasive tone. Listen; be teachable. Laugh at good stories and learn to tell them...For as long as you are green, you can grow.
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Each of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission, will disappear.
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We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly.
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God never sends us more than we can handle.
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Sometimes people can hunger for more than bread. It is possible that our children, our husband, our wife, do not hunger for bread, do not need clothes, do not lack a house. But are we equally sure that none of them feels alone, abandonded, neglected, needing some affection? That, too, is poverty.
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Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to get what they want.
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The true way and the sure way to friendship is through humility-being open to each other, accepting each other just as we are, knowing each other.
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Give, but give until it hurts.
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If you cannot feed one hundred hungry people, then just feed one really well.
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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.
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Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are in your own homes and in your own families, in your workplaces and in your schools. You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see. Everywhere, wherever you go, you find people who are unwanted, unloved, uncared for, just rejected by society completely forgotten, completely left alone.