Mother Teresa Quotes

We must remember that life begins at home and we must also remember that the future of humanity passes through the family

Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength.

The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving.

How much love did you put into what you did?

If you ever feel distressed during your day - call upon our Lady - just say this simple prayer: 'Mary, Mother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now.' I must admit - this prayer has never failed me.

One truly must have suffered oneself to help others.

Let's do something beautiful for God.

If I can give you any advice, I beg you to get closer to the Eucharist and to Jesus... We must pray to Jesus to give us that tenderness of the Eucharist.

If I ever become a Saint - I will surely be one of "darkness." I will continually be absent from heaven - to light the light of those in darkness on earth.

Look at the cross and you will know what one soul means to Jesus.

We are called to be contemplatives. ..by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time.

The more you forget yourself, the more Jesus will think of you.

God is everywhere and in everything and without Him we cannot exist.

Gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.

Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.

Spread your love wherever you go.

A Mother is the heart of the home

People have forgotten what the human touch is, what it is to smile, for somebody to smile at them, somebody to recognize them, somebody to wish them well. The terrible thing is to be unwanted.

Our progress in holiness depends on God and ourselves - on God's grace and on our will to be holy.

It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself.

God does not demand that I be successful. God demands that I be faithful. When facing God, results are not important. Faithfulness is what is important.

Where does love begin? In our own homes. When does it begin? When we pray together. The family that prays together stays together.

There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working together.

We belong to each other.

If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we should still need tanks and generals?

It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us.

God speaks in the silence of the heart.

If you're too busy to pray...you're too busy

A beautiful death is for people who have lived like animals to die like angels.

Failure is merely feedback that there is something blocking the path of the emergence and expansion of the greatest version of yourself.

Life's a song,sing it

In order to keep the lamp burning you have to keep putting the oil in it.

Suffering can become a means to greater love and greater generosity.

Everything that is not given is lost.

To God there is nothing small. The moment we have given it to God, it becomes infinite.

In this world, there is no clarity. There is only love and action.

Life is a promise; fulfill it.

If you ask children in the west where's God, they'd point to the sky. If you ask children in India, they point at themselves.

I have told everybody that what we are doing is for the love of God and works of love are always to accept and respect others.

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.

Prayer is as necessary as the air, as the blood in our bodies, as anything to keep us alive-to keep us alive to the grace of God.

To fear is to expect punishment. To love is to know we are immersed not in darkness, but in light.

Holy Angels, our advocates, our brothers, our counselors, our defenders, our enlighteners, our friends, our guides, our helpers, our intercessors - Pray for us.

Life is luck, make it.

What we say does not matter - only what God says to souls through us.

Souls of prayer are souls of great silence

I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.

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.

All of us must be saints in this world. Holiness is a duty for you and me. So let's be saints and so give glory to the Father.

Dealing with the media is more difficult that bathing a leper