Mother Teresa Quotes

The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new perspective.

Whoever gives with joy gives more.

You can find Calcutta anywhere in the world. You only need two eyes to see. Everywhere in the world there are people that are not loved, people that are not wanted nor desired, people that no one will help, people that are pushed away or forgotten. And this is the greatest poverty.

Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.

At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God's own love and concern.

If you can't feed a hundred people, feed just one.

In the silence of the heart God speaks.

The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service and the fruit of service is peace.

her “smile” — as an expression of her loving disposition toward God — in spite of her feelings.

Sorrow, suffering, Eileen, is but a kiss of Jesus — a sign that you have come so close to Jesus that He can kiss you. — I think this is the most beautiful definition of suffering. — So let us be happy when Jesus stoops down to kiss us. — I hope we are close enough that He can do it.33

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

Loneliness is the leprosy of the modern world.

I think it is very beautiful for the poor to accept their lot, to share it with the passion of Christ. I think the world is being much helped by the suffering of the poor people.

It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.

being unwanted is the biggest disease in the world