Mother Teresa Quotes And Sayings

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“God doesn’t ask that we succeed in everything, but that we are faithful. However beautiful our work may be, let us not become attached to it. Always remain prepared to give it up, without losing your peace.”
– Mother Teresa

“God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.”
– Mother Teresa

“God gives us things to share; God doesn’t give us things to hold…”
– Mother Teresa

“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.”
– Mother Teresa

“God made the world for the delight of human beings– if we could see His goodness everywhere, His concern for us, His awareness of our needs: the phone call we’ve waited for, the ride we are offered, the letter in the mail, just the little things He does for us throughout the day.” “I believe there’s no such thing as luck in life, it’s God’s love, it’s His.”
– Mother Teresa

“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?”
– Mother Teresa

“Good works are links that form a chain of love.”
– Mother Teresa

“He who is faultless does not care for the opinion of others.”
– 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.”
– Mother Teresa

“Holiness is not the luxury of the few; it is a simply duty, for you and for me.”
– Mother Teresa

“How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.”
– Mother Teresa

“Hungry for love, He looks at you. Thirsty for kindness, He begs of you. Naked for loyalty, He hopes in you. Homeless for shelter in your heart, He asks of you. Will you be that one to Him?”
– Mother Teresa

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”
– Mother Teresa

“I am a little pencil in God’s hands. He does the thinking. He does the writing. He does everything and sometimes it is really hard because it is a broken pencil and He has to sharpen it a little more.”
– Mother Teresa

“I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.”
– Mother Teresa

“I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes 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?”
– Mother Teresa

“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”
– Mother Teresa

“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”
– Mother Teresa

“I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.”
– Mother Teresa

“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”
– Mother Teresa

“I have more often as my companion “darkness.” And when the night becomes very thick- and it seems to me as if I will end up in hell- then I simply offer myself to Jesus.”
– Mother Teresa

“I hope that what you give me comes not from your surplus but it is the fruit of a sacrifice made for the love of God. You must give what costs you, go without something you like, then you will truly be brothers to the poor who are deprived of even the things they need.”
– Mother Teresa

“I know God won’t give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish he didn’t trust me so much.”
– Mother Teresa

“I know that God only gives me what I can handle, but sometimes I wish He didn’t trust me so much.”
– Mother Teresa

“I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.”
– Mother Teresa

“I never will understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish.”
– Mother Teresa

“I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.”
– Mother Teresa

“I think it is very good when people suffer. To me that is like the kiss of Jesus. ”
– Mother Teresa

“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.”
– Mother Teresa

“I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?”
– Mother Teresa

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