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
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
Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot hear the voice of God — 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
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
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
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
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
Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart. — 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
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
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
Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self. — 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
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
Because I cannot rely on myself, I rely on Him, twenty-four hours a day. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Everything starts from prayer. Without asking God for love, we cannot possess love and still less are we able to give it… — 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
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
I believe God loves the world through us - through you and through me. We use Mother Teresa's name; it is only… — 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
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within the reach of every hand. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand... — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
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 Image
People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
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 Image
