Quotes from Mother Teresa

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

Prayer is the mortar that holds our house together.

There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.

God never sends us more than we can handle.

Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give the world your best anyway.

We think we do so much for the poor, but it is they who make us rich

My television is the tabernacle.

It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love is put in the giving.

Let us all smile at each other for a smile is the beginning of love.

God hasn't called us to be successful, just faithful.

We all long for heaven where God is, but we have it in our power to be in heaven with him right now-to be happy with him at this very moment. But being happy with him now means.

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

Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.

At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.

May God break my heart so completely that the whole world falls in.

God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what prayer is meant to be.

Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God

God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.

Prayer is the breath of life to our soul; holiness is impossible without it

Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God's gift of Himself.

If you ever feel distressed during your day - call upon our Lady - just say this simple prayer: 'Mary, Mother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now.' I must admit - this prayer has never failed me.

Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.

Prayer is as necessary as the air, as the blood in our bodies, as anything to keep us alive-to keep us alive to the grace of God.

Souls of prayer are souls of great silence