Mother Teresa Quotes
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The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.
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If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
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Your true character Is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do 'Nothing' for you
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Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God
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No matter how tired you are, no matter how physically exhausting this work may be, it's beautiful to bring a smile into someone's life, to care for someone in need. What greater joy can there be?
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Love until it hurts. Real love is always painful and hurts: then it is real and pure.
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We must remember that life begins at home and we must also remember that the future of humanity passes through the family
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If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve.
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Get to know the poor in your country. Love them. Serve them.
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Be faithful in the little things.
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Purity is the fruit of prayer.
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Where does love begin? In our own homes. When does it begin? When we pray together. The family that prays together stays together.
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How much love did you put into what you did?
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Follow the path of serenity. Why lose your temper if by losing it you offend God, trouble your neighbor and in the end have to set things aright anyway?
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Suffering will come, trouble will come - that's part of life; a sign that you are alive. If you have no suffering and no trouble, the devil is taking it easy. You are in his hand.
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May God give back to you in love all the love you have given.
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There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering, too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.
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I have never found a problem with people from different religions praying together. What I have found is that people are just hungry for God, and be they Christian or Muslim we invite them to pray with us.
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Each time anyone comes in contact with us, they must become different and better people because of having met us. We must radiate God's love.
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Life is love, enjoy it. Life is mystery, know it. Life is a promise, fulfill it.
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You have to be holy in your position as you are, and I have to be holy in the position that God has put me. So it is nothing extraordinary to be holy. Holiness is not the luxury of the few. Holiness is a simple duty for you and for me. We have been created for that.
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A life not lived for others is not a life.
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Our poverty is freedom. This is our poverty - the giving up our freedom to dispose of things, to choose, to possess
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When a poor person dies of hunger it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.