Mother Teresa Quotes
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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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Let anyone who comes to you go away feeling better and happier. Everyone should see goodness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile. Joy shows from the eyes. It appears when we speak and walk. It cannot be kept closed inside us. It reacts outside. Joy is very infectious.
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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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It was easier to deal with poverty and death in India that the lack of spirituality in America.
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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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Serve God joyfully. Let there be no sadness in your life: the only true sorrow is sin.
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Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.
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We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly.
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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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If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.
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Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a great thing.
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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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Give, but give until it hurts.
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Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.
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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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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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One filled with joy preaches without preaching.
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I don't do great things. I do small things with great love.
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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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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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God never sends us more than we can handle.
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Everything starts from prayer. Without asking God for love, we cannot possess love and still less are we able to give it to others. Just as people today are speaking so much about the poor but they do not know or talk to the poor, we too cannot talk so much about prayer and yet not know how to pray.
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There is a famine in America. Not a famine of food, but of love, of truth, of life.