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119 Mother Teresa Quotes and Sayings Score
The fruit of silence is prayer¸ the fruit of prayer is faith¸ the fruit of faith is love¸ the fruit of love is service¸ the fruit of service is peace 81
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin 79
If we have no peace¸ it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other 79
If we really want to love we must learn how to forgive 78
Love is a fruit in season at all times¸ and within reach of every hand 78
Peace begins with a smile 77
It is not how much you do¸ but how much love you put into the doing that matters 77
We can do no great things¸ only small things with great love 77
If we want a love message to be heard¸ it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning¸ we have to keep putting oil in it 77
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier 77
Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home 76
Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best 76
Do not wait for leaders¸ do it alone¸ person to person 76
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love 75
A sacrifice to be real must cost¸ must hurt¸ must empty ourselves 74
Intense love does not measure¸ it just gives 74
Let us always meet each other with smile¸ for the smile is the beginning of love 74
If you judge people¸ you have no time to love them 74
Every time you smile at someone¸ it is an action of love¸ a gift to that person¸ a beautiful thing 74
The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person¸ but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done 74
When you look at electrical things you can see that they are made of small and big wires¸ cheap and expensive all lined up. Until the current runs through them there will be no light. Those wires are you and me and the current is God. We have the power to let the current pass through us¸ use us and produce the light of the world or we can refuse to be used and allow darkness to spread 74
If you can't feed a hundred people¸ then feed just one 73
Even the rich are hungry for love¸ for being cared for¸ for being wanted¸ for having someone to call their own 73
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty 72
Make us worthy¸ Lord¸ to serve those people throughout the world who live and die in poverty and hunger. Give them through our hands¸ this day¸ their daily bread¸ and by our understanding love¸ give them peace and joy 72
Love cannot remain by itself¸ it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action¸ and that act is service 72
Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired 72
Love can warm three winter months 71
For devil's sake¸ don't give bribes 71
I once picked up a woman from a garbage dump and she was burning with fever. She was in her last days and her only lament was: "My son did this to me". I begged her: You must forgive your son. In a moment of madness¸ when he was not himself¸ he did a thing he regrets. Be a mother to him¸ forgive him. It took me a long time to make her say: "I forgive my son". Just before she died in my arms¸ she was able to say that with a real forgiveness. She was not concerned that she was dying. The breaking of the heart was that her son did not want her. This is something you and I can understand 71
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody 71
Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush¸ anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on¸ so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other. And in the home¸ begins the disruption of peace of the world 71
I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world 71
God doesn't require us to succeed¸ he only requires that you try 71
Kind words can be short and easy to speak¸ but their echoes are truly endless 70
Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world 70
Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet¸ especially your family 70
Get to know the poor in your country. Love them. Serve them 69
The poor you may have right in your own family 69
What I can do¸ you cannot. What you can do¸ I cannot. But together we can do something beautiful for God 69
I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No¸ I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds¸ yet I willingly cure him for the love of God 68
Before you speak¸ it is necessary for you to listen¸ for God speaks in the silence of the heart 68
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love¸ of kindness¸ of understanding¸ of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given 68
It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start 68
Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person¸ but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done 68
The poor do not need our sympathy and our pity. The poor need our love and compassion 68
It is joyful freedom. There is no television here¸ no this¸ no that. But we are perfectly happy 68
I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor? 67
Being unwanted¸ unloved¸ uncared for¸ forgotten by everybody¸ I think that is a much greater hunger¸ a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat 67
Let us touch the dying¸ the poor¸ the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work 67
The greatest threat to world peace is abortion! 66
Love¸ to be real¸ must cost¸ it must hurt¸ it must empty us of self 66
We¸ the unwilling¸ led by the unknowing¸ are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much¸ for so long¸ with so little¸ we are now qualified to do anything with nothing 66
Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in his love than in your own weakness 66
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread 66
Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough¸ money can be got¸ but they need your hearts to love them. So¸ spread your love everywhere you go 66
Let us love one another as God loves each one of us. And where does this love begin? In our own home. How does it begin? by praying together 66
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis¸ but rather the feeling of being unwanted 66
It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish 65
Jesus made it very clear. Whatever you do to the least of my brethren¸ you do it to me 65
The miracle is not that we do this work¸ but that we are happy to do it 65
Sweetest Lord¸ make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation¸ and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness¸ unkindness¸ or impatience 65
Peace¸ Yasser¸ don't get your kafiyeh in a twist. The Force is strong and needs no stone-throwing to be victorious. We must reach into the hearts of the Senators and make them see the need to protect our beloved Republic. Love will keep us together 65
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 65
The family that prays together stays together¸ and if they stay together they will love one another as God has loved each one of them. And works of love are always works of peace 65
Let's do something beautiful for God 64
The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child¸ what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between 64
People who love each other fully and truly are the happiest people in the world. They may have little¸ they may have nothing¸ but they are happy people. Everything depends on how we love one another 64
When a poor person dies of hunger¸ it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed 64
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies 64
Good works are links that form a chain of love 64
There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives - the pain¸ the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it 64
Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God's gift of himself 63
It's a great feeling to have witnessed 50 years of Indian independence 63
The more you have¸ the more you are occupied¸ the less you give. But the less you have the more free you are. Poverty for us is a freedom. It is not mortification¸ a penance 63
The child is God's gift to the family. Each child is created in the special image and likeness of God for greater things: To love and to be loved 63
Speak tenderly to them. Let there be kindness in your face¸ in your eyes¸ in your smile¸ in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care¸ but give your heart as well 63
We need to find God¸ and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees¸ flowers¸ grass - grows in silence¸ see the stars¸ the moon and the sun¸ how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls 62
In a matter of days¸ you'll see serious sickness¸ malnutrition and even starvation 61
It is a kingly act to assist the fallen 61
In light of heaven¸ the worst suffering earth¸ a life full of the most atrocious tortures earth¸ will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel 61
There is only one God and He is God to all¸ therefore it is important that everyone is seen as equal before God. I've always said we should help a Hindu become a better Hindu¸ a Muslim become a better Muslim¸ a Catholic become a better Catholic. We believe our work should be our example to people. We have among us 475 souls - 30 families are Catholics and the rest are all Hindus¸ Muslims¸ Sikhs - all different religions. But they all come to our prayers 61
Little things are indeed little¸ but to be faithful in little things is a great thing 60
There should be less talk¸ a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough 60
How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers 60
I think I'm more difficult than critical 59
Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus 58
Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength 58
Holiness is not the luxury of the few¸ it is a simply duty¸ for you and for me 58
I have found the paradox¸ that if you love until it hurts¸ there can be no more hurt¸ only more love 57
I never will understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish 57
I pray that you will understand the words of Jesus¸ "Love one another as I have loved you". Ask yourself “How has he loved me? Do I really love others in the same way?" Unless this love is among us¸ we can kill ourselves with work and it will only be work¸ not love. Work without love is slavery 57
God told us¸ "Love your neighbor as yourself". So first I am to love myself rightly¸ and then to love my neighbor like that. But how can I love myself unless I accept myself as God has made me? 57
Each one of them is Jesus in disguise 56
You and I¸ we are the Church¸ no? We have to share with our people. Suffering today is because people are hoarding¸ not giving¸ not sharing 56
Without our suffering¸ our work would just be social work¸ very good and helpful¸ but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ¸ not part of the Redemption. All the desolation of the poor people¸ not only their material poverty¸ but their spiritual destitution¸ must be redeemed. And we must share it¸ for only by being one with them can we redeem them by bringing God into their lives and bringing them to God 55
There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread 55
It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy 55
There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use 55
There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God¸ to Christ¸ and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible 55
There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through sharing together¸ praying together¸ suffering together¸ and working together 54
Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness 54
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that he didn't trust me so much 53
Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them 53
When once a chairman of a multinational company came to see me¸ to offer me a property in Bombay¸ he first asked: "Mother¸ how do you manage your budget?" I asked him who had sent him here. He replied: "I felt an urge inside me". I said: other people like you come to see me and say the same. It was clear God sent you¸ Mr. A¸ as He sends Mr. X¸ Mrs. Y¸ Miss Z¸ and they provide the material means we need for our work. The grace of God is what moved you. You are my budget. God sees to our needs¸ as Jesus promised. I accepted the property he gave and named it Asha Dan 53
I do not pray for success¸ I ask for faithfulness 53
So many signatures for such a small heart 52
I heard the call to give up all and follow Christ into the slums to serve him among the poorest of the poor. It was an order 51
Somebody loves us¸ too - God Himself. We have been created to love and to be loved 51
There is but one love of Jesus¸ as there is but one person in the poor - Jesus. We take vows of chastity to love Christ with undivided love¸ to be able to love him with undivided love we take a vow of poverty which frees us from all material possessions¸ and with that freedom we can love him with undivided love¸ and from this vow of undivided love we surrender ourselves totally to him in the person who takes his place 50
Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face¸ kindness in your eyes¸ kindness in your smile 49
I was to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them 47
It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed 47
I am not sure exactly what Heaven will be like. But I do know that when we die and if comes the time for God to judge us¸ He will not ask¸ "How many good things have you done in your life?" Rather He will ask¸ "How much love did you put into what you did?" 46
There are so many religions and each one has its different ways of following God. I follow Christ 45
We are not social workers. We may be doing social work in the eyes of some people¸ but we must be contemplatives in the heart of the world 45
A clean heart is a free heart. A free heart can love Christ with an undivided love in chastity¸ convinced that nothing and nobody will separate it from his love. Purity¸ chastity¸ and virginity created a special beauty in Mary that attracted God's attention. He showed his great love for the world by giving Jesus to her 44
God has created us to love and to be loved¸ and this is the beginning of prayer¸ to know that he loves me¸ that I have been created for greater things 41
Give a glass of water¸ you give it to me. Receive a little 39