Because I cannot rely on myself, I rely on Him, twenty-four hours a day. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Real prayer is union with God, a union as vital as that of the vine to the branch.. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot hear the voice of God — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
We have no salaries. When one says he is from a good Catholic family and says he wants to help us, why… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet especially your family. Be holy… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I am Albanian by birth. Now I am a citizen of India. I am also a Catholic nun. In my work, I… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Faith in action is love, and love in action is service. By transforming that faith into living acts of love, we put… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Once we take our eyes away from ourselves, from our interests, from our own rights, privileges, ambitions - then they will become… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Spread love everywhere you go; first of all in your house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
God doesn't ask that we succeed in everything, but that we are faithful. However beautiful our work may be, let us not… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Jesus has made Himself the Bread of Life to give us life. Night and day, He is there. If you really want… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
A clean heart is a free heart. A free heart can love Christ with an undivided love in chastity, convinced that nothing… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own power. Your self-sufficiency, your… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
The future is not in our hands. We have no power over it. We can act only today. We have a sentence… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
As Lent is the time for greater love, listen to Jesus' thirst...'Repen t and believe' Jesus tells us. What are we to… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Have a great compassion for people. To be able to have a heart full of compassion, we need to pray. Especially be… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Let anyone who comes to you go away feeling better and happier. Everyone should see goodness in your face, in your eyes,… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Often you can see power lines running alongside the street. Unless current is flowing through them, there is no light. The power… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Mary, my dearest Mother, give me your heart so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate, your heart so full of love and humility,… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
We never try to convert those who receive (aid) to Christianity but in our work we bear witness to the love of… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
People who love each other fully and truly are the happiest people in the world. They may have little, they may have… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
If you are Catholic, and some other person comes to you seeking guidance, naturally you take him straight away to someone who… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
All of us must be saints in this world. Holiness is a duty for you and me. So let's be saints and… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price, the price of knowing God and loving him enough to… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Unless we believe and see Jesus in the appearance of bread on the altar, we will not be able to see him… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Try to put in the hearts of your children a love for home. Make them long to be with their families. So… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
If in coming face to face with God we accept Him in our lives, then we are converting. We become a better… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
The woman is at the heart of the home. Let us pray that we women realize the reason for our existence: to… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Be humble and you will never be disturbed. It is very difficult in practice because we all want to see the result… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
People are hungry for God. Do you see that? Quite often we look but do not see. We are all passing through… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Let us be very sincere in our dealings with each other, and have the courage to accept each other as we are.… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within the reach of every hand. — Mother Teresa Copy Share
Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Speak in a low, persuasive tone. Listen; be teachable. Laugh at good stories and learn to… — Mother Teresa Copy Share
I don't look at anything. Every person whether he is Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist, he is my brother, my sister. I think we all… — Mother Teresa Copy Share
We may not be able to give much but we can always give the joy that springs in a heart that is in LOVE… — Mother Teresa Copy Share
Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand... — Mother Teresa Copy Share
We too are called to withdraw at certain intervals into deeper silence and aloneness with God, together as a community as well as personally;… — Mother Teresa Copy Share
Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical. — Mother Teresa Copy Share
They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one… — Mother Teresa Copy Share
Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. — Mother Teresa Copy Share
