Mother Teresa

Your true character Is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do 'Nothing' for you

Do not let the past disturb you, just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and begin again with joy.

I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.

The joy of the presence of Jesus, you must be able to give wherever you go. But you cannot give what you don't have. That's why you need a pure heart, a pure heart that you will receive as a fruit of your prayer, as a fruit of your oneness with Christ.

Whatever religion we are, we must pray together.

Speak tenderly; 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.

In the end, dear friend, it is always between us and God, not between us and them.

If you hold an anti-war rally, I shall not attend. But if you hold a Pro-Peace rally invite me.

Prayer in action is love, and love in action is service. Try to give unconditionally whatever a person needs in the moment. The point is to do something, however small, and show you care through your actions by giving your time ... Do not worry about why problems exist in the world - just respond to people's needs ... We feel what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean, but that ocean would be less without that drop.

If only one little unhappy child is made happy with the love of Jesus,...will it not be worth...giving all for that?

Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen.

You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see.

We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love and be loved.

Faith is more important to me than life itself because without it there would be no fullness of life.

The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small.

So many signatures for such a small heart.

Real prayer is union with God, a union as vital as that of the vine to the branch.

Once we take our eyes away from ourselves, from our interests, from our own rights, privileges, ambitions - then they will become clear to see Jesus around us.

To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price, the price of knowing God and loving him enough to do his will. He will always give us the strength we need to keep purity as something as beautiful for him.

Try to put in the hearts of your children a love for home. Make them long to be with their families. So much sin could be avoided if our people really loved their homes.

You have to do that here in your country. You must come to know the poor. Maybe our people here have material things, everything, but I think that if we all look into our own homes, how difficult we find it sometimes to smile at each other, and that the smile is the beginning of love.