Quotes by Mother Teresa

If we have no peace it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing Gods gift of Himself.

Violence of the tongue is very real- sharper than any knife.

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.

I just take one day. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not come. We have only today to love Jesus.

We can do no great things-only small things with great love.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and thats why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.

Joy is prayer joy is strength: joy is love joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.