Mother Teresa Quotes
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Jesus has said "Come, blessed of my Father, take the seat in the kingdom prepared for you, because I was hungry you gave me food, I was thirsty you have me drink, I was naked you clothed me, I was homeless you took me home and I was sick you visited me." And we are just doing that.
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It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.
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I do make conversion, if conversion means really turning people to God - to have a clean heart and to love God. That's the real conversion.
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At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.
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Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
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You are greater than you know.
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Prayer to be fruitful must come from the heart and must be able to touch the heart of God.
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Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength.
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If your Eyes are Positive, You will Love the World. But if Your Tongue is Positive, The World will Love you.
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In the poorest of the poor we see Jesus in distressed guise.
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Joy is prayer; joy is strength, joy is love. God loves a cheerful giver. The best way we can show our gratitude to God and the people is to accept everything with joy.
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Do not worry about why problems exist in the world - just respond to people's needs.
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Lord give me this seeing faith, then my work will never be monotonous. I will find joy in humoring the fancies and gratifying the wishes of all poor sufferers. O beloved sick, how doubly dear you are to me, when you personify Christ; and what a privilege is mine to be allowed to tend you.
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Life is love, enjoy it. Life is mystery, know it. Life is a promise, fulfill it.
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What we say does not matter - only what God says to souls through us.
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There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point.
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To be alone with Jesus in adoration and intimate union with Him is the Greatest Gift of Love - the tender love of Our Father in Heaven.
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She is such a sad soul. It is good that it is over. Nobody was happy anyhow. I know I should preach family love and unity, but in their case. . . .
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I choose the poverty of our poor people. But I am grateful to receive it (the Nobel) in the name of the hungry, the naked, the homeless, of the crippled, of the blind, of the lepers, of all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone.
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Silence gives us a new way of looking at something.
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I don't think we can do anything more than what we are doing now.
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Good works are links that form a chain of love" Mother Theresa
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Even if I want I cannot make you say sorry to God.
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If you are hungry to hear the voice of God, you will hear. To hear, you have to cut out all other things.