Quotes from Mother Teresa
God demands not that I be successful, but that I be faithful.
- Mother Teresa
Follow the path of serenity. Why lose your temper if by losing it you offend God, trouble your neighbor and in the end have to set things aright anyway?
- Mother Teresa
We must never get into the habit of being preoccupied with the future. There is no reason to do so. God is there.
- Mother Teresa
Thank God we don't serve God with our feelings, otherwise I don't know where I would be. - Pray for me.
- Mother Teresa
God Is Using Gianna Jessen To Remind The World, That Each Human Being Is Precious To Him.
- Mother Teresa
If we were able to see God's image in our neighbor, do you think weapons and generals would be needed?
- Mother Teresa
People are hungry for God. What [a] terrible meeting [it] would be with our neighbour if we give them only ourselves.
- Mother Teresa
Let us remain as empty as possible so that God can fill us up.
- Mother Teresa
Death, in the final analysis, is only the easiest and quickest means to go back to God. If only we could make people understand that we come from God and that we have to go back to Him!
- Mother Teresa
Riches, both material and spiritual, can choke you if you do not use them fairly. For not even God can put anything in a heart that is already full.
- Mother Teresa
Silence gives us a new outlook on everything. We need silence to be able to touch souls. The essential thing is not what we say but what God says to us and through us.
- Mother Teresa
The moment passed — but the darkness is so dark, and the pain is so painful. — But I accept whatever He gives and I give whatever He takes.
- Mother Teresa