Mother Teresa Quotes
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In the end, dear friend, it is always between us and God, not between us and them.
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If we were able to see God's image in our neighbor, do you think weapons and generals would be needed?
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Why can't there be love that never gets tired?
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I think that we in our family don't need bombs and guns, to destroy to bring peace - just get together, love one another, bring that peace, that joy, that strength of presence of each other in the home. And we will be able to overcome all the evil that is in the world.
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Stay very close to Our Lady. If you do this, you can do great things for God and the good of people.
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Only humility will lead us to unity, and unity will lead to peace.
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Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot hear the voice of God
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So many signatures for such a small heart.
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Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are.
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Our poor people are great people, a very lovable people, They don't need our pity and sympathy. They need our understanding love and they need our respect. We need to tell the poor that they are somebody to us that they, too, have been created, by the same loving hand of God, to love and be loved.
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Pray for me that I not loosen my grip on the hands of Jesus even under the guise of ministering to the poor.
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Even if I want I cannot make you say sorry to God.
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Every time I ask for visa, they (USA) give me visa for five years. I have never had any problem in getting a visa to any nation.
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There are two victims in every abortion: a dead baby and a dead conscience.
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You have to do that here in your country. You must come to know the poor. Maybe our people here have material things, everything, but I think that if we all look into our own homes, how difficult we find it sometimes to smile at each other, and that the smile is the beginning of love.
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Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.
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The very fact that God has placed a certain soul in our way is a sign that God wants us to do something for him or her. It is not chance; it has been planned by God. We are bound by conscience to help him or her.
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What you do to these men on California's Death Row, you do to God.
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If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
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When you know how much God is in love with you then you can only live your life radiating that love.
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If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers. Never bother about other people's opinions. Be humble and you will never be disturbed. Remember St. Aloysius, who said he would continue to play billiards even if he knew he was going to die. Do you play well? Sleep well? Eat well? These are duties. Nothing is small for God.
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Silence of the heart is necessary so you can hear God everywhere - in the closing of the door, in the person who needs you, in the birds that sing, in the flowers, in the animals.
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If our bones were not sending whispers of doubt to our hearts, there would be no need for prayer at all.
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Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your eyes, kindness in your face, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greetings. We are all but His instruments who do our little bit and pass by. I believe that the way in which an act of kindness is done is as important as the action itself.