Mother Teresa

Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God.

There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.

Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love begets service on behalf of the poor.

Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.

I am but a small pencil in the hand of a writing God

Joy is a net of love in which you can catch souls.

Our life of contemplation shall retain the following characteristics: — missionary: by going out physically or in spirit in search of souls all over the universe. — contemplative: by gathering the whole universe at the very center of our hearts where the Lord of the universe abides, and allowing the pure water of divine grace to flow plentifully and unceasingly from the source itself, on the whole of his creation. — universal: by praying and contemplating with all and for all, especially with and for the spiritually poorest of the poor.

I do convert. I convert you to be a better Hindu. I convert you to be a better Catholic, a better Muslim or Jain or Buddhist. I would like to help you find God. She you find Him, it is up to you to do what you want with him.

God does not require that we be successful only that we be faithful.

Love until it hurts.

Jamais comparecerei a um comício contra a guerra. Se você tiver um comício pela paz, pode me convidar.

Cheerfulness is a sign of a generous and mortified person who forgetting all things, even herself, tries to please her God in all she does for souls. Cheerfulness is often a cloak which hides a life of sacrifice and a continual union with God.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody

Jangan mencari yang besar-besar, cukup mengerjakan yang kecil-kecil dengan cinta yang besar. Makin kecil yang kita hadapi harus makin besar cinta yang kita berikan

every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing