Mother Teresa Quotes
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In the poorest of the poor we see Jesus in distressed guise.
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In our home (for the dying at Kali Ghat) in Calcutta, there is great peace, unity and love. Many Hindu families bring food, clothing nonstop to our home for the dying. This is an act of love. I didn't ask them. They have only heard about what I am doing and they all come.
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No matter who says what, you should accept it with a smile and do your own work.
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Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.
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There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point.
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Thank God we don't serve God with our feelings, otherwise I don't know where I would be. - Pray for me.
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We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
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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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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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We are called to be contemplatives. ..by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time.
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The fullness of our heart is expressed in our eyes, in our touch, in what we write, in what we say, in the way we walk, the way we receive, the way we serve.
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Don't expect your friend to be a perfect person. Help your friend to become a perfect person. That is true friendship
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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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I don't think we can do anything more than what we are doing now.
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The time we spend in having our daily audience with God is the most precious part of the whole day.
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Silence gives us a new way of looking at something.
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Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.
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Whenever you share love with others, you'll notice the peace that comes to you and to them.
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Small things done with great love will change the world.
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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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I am nothing; I am but an instrument, a tiny pencil in the hands of the Lord with which He writes what he likes. However imperfect we are, he writes beautifully.
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If we remember that God loves us, and that we can love others as He loves us, then America can become a sign of peace for the world. From here, a sign of care for the weakest of the weak - the unborn child - must go out to the world. If you become a burning light of justice and peace in the world, then really you will be true to what the founders of this country stood for. God bless you!
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We are at Jesus' disposal. If he wants you to be sick in bed, if he wants you to proclaim His work in the street, if he wants you to clean the toilets all day, that's all right, everything is all right. We must say, "I belong to you. You can do whatever you like." And this ..is our strength, and this is the joy of the Lord.
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I always begin my prayer in silence, for it is in the silence of the heart that God speaks. God is the friend of silence-we need to listen to God because it's not what we say but what He says to us and through us that matters.