Quotes By Mother Teresa

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 life is service.

We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love.

Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.

Do ordinary things with extraordinary love.

Saints are only sinners who keep trying.

If each of us would only sweep our own doorstep, the whole World would be clean.

The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action.

Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

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. True holiness consists in doing God's work with a smile.

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

There is no key to happiness; the door is always open.

Never be so busy as not to think of others.

Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.

Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service. Whatever form we are, able or disabled, rich or poor, it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing; a lifelong sharing of love with others.

The greatest good is what we do for others.

Everything that is not given is lost.

Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less. We will hear less. Ironically, rush and more usually mean less.

Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.

God didn't call me to be successful, He called me to be faithful.