Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Albanian-born Roman Catholic Missionary Quotes
We must have a real living determination to reach holiness. "I will be a saint" means I will despoil myself of all that is not God; I will strip my heart of all created things; I will live in poverty and detachment; I will renounce my will, my inclinations, my whims and fancies, and make myself a willing slave to the will of God.
I just take one day. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not come. We have only today to love Jesus.
Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God's gift of Himself.
The poor are our brothers and sisters.... They are the people in the world who need love, who need care, who have to be wanted.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
If you really love one another properly, there must be sacrifice.
If we want a love message to be heard, it has to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
We can do no great things -- only small things with great love.
Our work brings people face to face with love.