"Be not afraid. God loves you & wants us to love one another as He loves us. As miserable, weak and sinful as we are, He loves us with an infinitely faithful love."
Mother Teresa
Missionary, Nun
Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun and missionary known for her humanitarian work, particularly in caring for the impoverished in India through her organization, the Missionaries of Charity.
- Born
- August 26, 1910
- Died
- September 5, 1997
- Quotes
- 878
- Rank
- #98
Quote collection
Mother Teresa quotes (page 28 of 44)
878 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"I am not called to be successful, I am called to be faithful."
"If we were humble, nothing would change us-neither praise nor discouragement. If someone were to criticize us, we would not feel discouraged. If someone would praise us, we also would not feel proud."
"Even if I want I cannot make you say sorry to God."
"Somebody loves us, too - God Himself. We have been created to love and to be loved"
"In vocal prayer we speak to God; in mental prayer he speaks to us. It is then that God pours Himself into us."
"Communion with Christ gives us our strength, our joy, and our love."
"Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting."
"Everything starts with prayer. Love to pray-feel the need to pray often during the day and take the trouble to pray. If you want to pray better, you must pray more. The more you pray, the easier it becomes. Perfect prayer does not consist of many words but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus."
"Real prayer is union with God, a union as vital as that of the vine to the branch."
"All that we need to know all the wisdom of the cosmos we will find in our own heart"
"To love others as God loves you, that is the measure of success"
"Give! Give the love you have received to those around you. You must love with your time, your hands, and your hearts. You need to share all that you have."
"Living intensely each present day means letting Christ dwell within you. His words are so clear: Today I would like to enter your home."
"The poor give us much more than we give them. They're such strong people, living day to day with no food. And they never curse, never complain. We don't have to give them pity or sympathy. We have so much to learn from them."
"From the moment a soul has the grace to know God, she must seek."
"Every human being in that case resembles Christ in his loneliness; and that is the hardest part, that's real hunger."
"I repeat that the poor, the sufferers from leprosy, the rejected, the alcoholics, whom we serve, are beautiful people. Many of them have wonderful personalities. The experience which we have by serving them, we must pass on to people who have not had that wonderful experience."
"Jesus, I love you. Jesus, I love you."
"The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife is doing something to self, and so it destroys the gift of life in him or her"