Mother Teresa Quotes
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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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Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God
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The first step to becoming is to will it.
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Purity is the fruit of prayer.
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Every adult was once a child free from prejudice.
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Nobody can change your religion unless you want to and God gives you the grace. It's between you and God alone. Nobody can force you.
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May God break my heart so completely that the whole world falls in.
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The purpose of guilt is to bring us to the Lord, after that it has no purpose.
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Love to be real, it must cost – it must hurt – it must empty us of self.
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Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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Life's a song,sing it
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We need silence to be able to touch silence .
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In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence.
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In the poorest of the poor we see Jesus in distressed guise.
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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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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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A beautiful death is for people who have lived like animals to die like angels.
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Let us be very sincere in our dealings with each other, and have the courage to accept each other as we are. Do not be surprised or become preoccupied at each other's failures - rather, see and find in each other the good, for each one of us is created in the image of God.
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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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My prayer for you is that you come to understand and have the courage to answer Jesus' call to you with the simple word 'yes'.
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Let us preach you, Dear Jesus, without preaching.... not by words but by our example.
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Even if I want I cannot make you say sorry to God.
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The point is to do something, however small, and show you care through your actions by giving your time.
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Prayer is the breath of life to our soul; holiness is impossible without it