“I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Some people come in our life as blessings. Others come in our life as lessons.”
―
Mother Teresa
“How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”
―
Mother Teresa
“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.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”
―
Mother Teresa
“In the home begins the disruption of the peace of the world.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
―
Mother Teresa
“But still, everything is for Jesus; so like that everything is beautiful, even though it is difficult.”
―
Mother Teresa
“In the West we have a tendency to be profit-oriented, where everything is measured according to the results and we get caught up in being more and more active to generate results. In the East -- especially in India -- I find that people are more content to just be, to just sit around under a banyan tree for half a day chatting to each other. We Westerners would probably call that wasting time. But there is value to it. Being with someone, listening wihtout a clock and without anticipation of results, teaches us about love. The success of love is in the loving -- it is not in the result of loving.
―
Mother Teresa
“If now we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten how to see God in one another.”
―
Mother Teresa
“The Simple Path
Silence is Prayer
Prayer is Faith
Faith is Love
Love is Service
The Fruit of Service is Peace”
―
Mother Teresa
“At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done.
We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Since we cannot see Christ, we cannot express our love to Him. But we do see our neighbor, and we can do for him what we would do for Christ if He were visible.”
―
Mother Teresa