Mother Teresa Quotes

True love is love that causes us pain, that hurts, and yet brings us joy. That is why we must pray to God and ask Him to give us the courage to love

This is the meaning of true love, to give until it hurts.

The first requirement for prayer is silence. People of prayer are people of silence.

Unless this love is among us, we can kill ourselves with work and it will only be work, not love. Work without love is slavery.

When I was crossing into Gaza, I was asked at the checkpost whether I was carrying any weapons. I replied: Oh yes, my prayer books.

You haven't done the will of God when you have done it miserably.

Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me.

Failure is nothing but the kiss of Jesus.

Lord, help us to accept the pains and conflicts that come to us each day as opportunities to grow as people and become more like you.

Prayer is in all things, in all gestures.

If you pray more you will pray better.

Holy living consists in doing God's work with a smile.

Faith is a gift from God and he gives it to whomever he chooses

We have a vow to give wholeheartedly everything to the poor.

‎We are already taking care of people from jail. Hundred and ten non-criminal women are already with us in Shantidhan (abode of peace).

We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world.

Of all the diseases I have known, loneliness is the worst.

People everywhere are the same; they are all people to be loved. They are all hungry for love.

The beginning of peace is a smile

To choose always the hardest.

It is impossible to love God without loving our neighbor.

Everybody has something good inside them. Some hide it, some neglect it, but it is there

Purity is the fruit of prayer.

Don't aim for success if you want it, just do what you love and believe in, Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier and it will come naturally.

A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, must empty ourselves.

You should never lose heart. God is merciful and kind- he has endowed you with the best gift- smile, which can make millions happy.

Give people not only your care, but also your heart.

Holiness is not a privilege of a few but a need for all.

She knows how to suffer and at the same time how to laugh.

Prayer to be fruitful must come from the heart and must be able to touch the heart of God.

On certain continents poverty is more spiritual than material, a poverty that consists of loneliness, discouragement, and the lack of meaning in life.

I think that a person who is attached to riches, who lives with the worry of riches, is actually very poor. If this person puts his money at the service of others, then he is rich, very rich.

Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand.

You can and you must expect suffering.

Religion has nothing to do with compassion; it is our love for God that is the main thing because we have all been created for the sole purpose to love and be loved.

You who have received so much love, show your love by protecting the sacredness of life. The sacredness of life is the greatest gifts that God has given us.

Prayer does not demand that we interrupt our work, but that we continue working as if it were a prayer.

Let us make that one point - that no child will be unwanted, unloved, uncared for, or killed and thrown away.

If you can't feed 100 just feed ONE.

You can't do God's work without suffering.

What you do to these men on California's Death Row, you do to God.

We must see Christ in the disturbing disguise of the poor.

There should be less talk. . . . What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

We should not serve the poor like they were Jesus. We should serve the poor because they are Jesus.

Works of love are always to accept and respect others.

Jesus has very clearly said in the gospel. "Whatever you do, do to the least of my brethren." Clear? That was the work of Jesus.

I prefer to make a mistake because I am too kind than to perform miracles without any kindness.

Every adult was once a child free from prejudice.

It is only by frequent deaths of ourselves and our self-centered desires that we can come to live more fully.

I feel called to help individuals, to love each human being. I never think in terms of crowds in general but in terms of persons. Were I to think about crowds, I would never begin anything.