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Prayer Quotes by Mother Teresa
- More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
- Purity is the fruit of prayer.
- The first requirement for prayer is silence. People of prayer are people of silence.
- 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…
- My mother and sister must be very happy to be home with God, and I am sure their love and prayers are always with me.…
- The more we can give in our silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life.
- February 1997 - National Prayer Breakfast in Washington attended by the President and the First Lady. "What is taking place in America," she said, "is…
- Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God's gift of Himself.
- Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration with exposition needs a great push. People ask me: 'What will convert America and save the world?' My answer is prayer. What…
- Perpetual Adoration, Eucharistic Adoration offers to our people the opportunity to join those in religious life to pray for the salvation of the world, souls…
- God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God…
- Prayer gives us a pure heart and a pure heart can do much.
- 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.
- My prayer for you is that you come to understand and have the courage to answer Jesus' call to you with the simple word 'yes'.
- 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…
- There are some people who, in order not to pray use as an excuse the fact that life is so hectic that it prevents us…
- Everything starts from prayer. Without asking God for love, we cannot possess love and still less are we able to give it to others. Just…
- Real prayer is union with God,...
- Real prayer is union with God, a union as vital as that of the vine to the branch..
- Prayer in action is love, and love in action is service. Try to give unconditionally whatever a person needs in the moment. The point is…
- Perfect prayer does not consist in many words, but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus.
- The joy of the presence of Jesus, you must be able to give wherever you go. But you cannot give what you don't have. That's…
- I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.
- You can pray while you work. Work doesn't stop prayer and prayer doesn't stop work. It requires only that small raising of the mind to…
- Make sure that you let God's grace work in your souls by accepting whatever He gives you, and giving Him whatever He takes from you.…
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- Never pray for justice, because you might get some. — Margaret Atwood
- In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. — Saint Augustine
- The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of… — Saint Augustine
- There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. — Teresa of Avila
- For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. — Teresa of Avila
- A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds. — Teresa of Avila
- I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer. — Teresa of Avila
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not… — Teresa of Avila
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone… — Teresa of Avila