Mother Teresa Converting Quotes

#1. I do not agree with a big way of doing things. What matters is the individual. If we wait till we get numbers, then we will be lost in the numbers and we will never be able to show that love and respect for the person. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#2. Prayer is nothing but that complete surrender, complete oneness with Christ. And this is what makes us contemplative in the heart of the world; for we are twenty-four hours then in His presence: in the hungry, in the naked, in the homeless, in the unwanted, unloved, uncared for. For Jesus said, Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#3. In the final analysis it is between you and God, it was never between you and them anyway. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#4. I am not called to be successful, I am called to be faithful. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#5. Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#6. The fruit of faith is love,and the fruit of love is service ... spread love everywhere u go.. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#7. You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#8. There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#9. I'd ask you to be careful tomorrow, if I thought you'd listen to me,' I said to him.
He looked sympathetic but annoyed. 'Mum, I'm not a baby anymore.' Then sensing that I was on the verge of crying, he hugged me gently to his chest.
I couldn't remember the last time he'd hugged me this way. With my face pressed next to his heart I whispered softly, 'You'll always be my baby.' The hug grew firmer and the teardrops began to fall freely. #Quote by Teresa Schulz

#10. Mother Teresa was the very embodiment of saintliness: white-clad, sad-eyed, ascetic and often photographed with the wretched of the earth. #Quote by Steven Pinker

#11. We must free ourselves to be filled by God. Even God cannot fill what is full. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#12. No," Natan said. "That would be altruistic. There is no such thing, not even for Mother Teresa." He jabbed his finer at her again, careful to keep it from touching her. "A feeling of goodness, scoring bonus with God, whatever the reason, even the saintly get something for the sacrifice, and you are no saint. You are not doing this out of goodness. You have a motive and it's not noble. #Quote by Taylor Stevens

#13. All we do our prayers our work our suffering is for Jesus. Our life has no other reason or motivation. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#14. Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your own weakness. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#15. We must become holy not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live His life fully in us. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#16. It is not enough for us to say: "I love God," but I also have to love my neighbor. St. John says that you are a liar if you say you love God and you don't love your neighbor. How can you love God whom you do not see, if you do not love your neighbor whom you see, whom you touch, with whom you live? #Quote by Mother Teresa

#17. If you're too busy to pray ... you're too busy #Quote by Mother Teresa

#18. Open your hearts to the love God instills ... God loves you tenderly. What He gives you is not to be kept under lock and key, but to be shared. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#19. I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor? #Quote by Mother Teresa

#20. Do you really know the living Jesus - not from books but from being with Him in your heart? Have you heard the loving words He speaks to you? ... The devil may try to use the hurts of life, and sometimes our own mistakes - to make you feel it is impossible that Jesus really loves you, is really cleaving to you. This is a danger for all of us. And so sad, because it is completely the opposite of what Jesus is really wanting, waiting to tell you. Not only that He loves you, but even more - He longs for you. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#21. God loves the world through us. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#22. 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. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#23. Let anyone who comes to you go away feeling better and happier. Everyone should see goodness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile. Joy shows from the eyes. It appears when we speak and walk. It cannot be kept closed inside us. It reacts outside. Joy is very infectious. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#24. I prefer to make a mistake because I am too kind than to perform miracles without any kindness. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#25. The point is to do something, however small, and show you care through your actions by giving your time. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#26. For me, writing something in the spirit of Halloween is like Mother Teresa writing on charity and sacrifice. It's just second nature to me. #Quote by Danny Elfman

#27. I'm not Mother Teresa. But I'm not Frank Bough, either. I am getting older and a bit more sensible. I'm not going to be popping up in dungeons every six months. If you catch me preaching fidelity while I am shagging chickens then throw the book at me. Otherwise, leave me alone. #Quote by Steve Coogan

#28. Every adult was once a child free from prejudice. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#29. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#30. We are called to be contemplatives..by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time ... #Quote by Mother Teresa

#31. I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#32. All works of love are works of peace. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#33. 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. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#34. As any psychiatrist will tell you, it is a fact of life, a psychological home truth, that every human being from Mother Teresa to Jack the Ripper operates from the same basic needs, using the same basic defenses, and accessing the same basic pool of emotions as every other human being. Deep down below the surface, we all want to be safe, we all want to be loved, and we all want to be respected. (15) #Quote by Jonathan Nasaw

#35. I pray that you will understand the words of Jesus, "Love one another as I have loved you." Ask yourself "How has he loved me? Do I really love others in the same way?" Unless this love is among us, we can kill ourselves with work and it will only be work, not love. Work without love is slavery. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#36. Prayer does not demand that we interrupt our work, but that we continue working as if it were a prayer. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#37. I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#38. Behold , I have graven you upon the palm of my hand, that is what Jesus came on earth to do: to proclaim, to give us the Good News that God loves us, that we are precious to Him. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#39. There is thing you can do but I can not and there is thing I can but you can not; so let us make something beautiful for God. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#40. The greatest mistake is to think you are too strong to fall into temptation. Put your finger in the fire and it will burn. So we have to go through the fire. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#41. In life, purpose is defined by the thing that makes you angry. Martin Luther was angry; Mandela was angry; Mahatma Gandhi was angry; Mother Teresa was angry. If you are not angry, you do not have a ministry yet. #Quote by Myles Munroe

#42. Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#43. God Is Using Gianna Jessen To Remind The World, That Each Human Being Is Precious To Him. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#44. Our poor people are great people, a very lovable people, They don't need our pity and sympathy. They need our understanding love and they need our respect. We need to tell the poor that they are somebody to us that they, too, have been created, by the same loving hand of God, to love and be loved. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#45. In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence. #Quote by Mother Teresa

#46. These concerns (for orphan children in India and elsewhere in the world) are very good, but often these same people are not concerned with the millions that are killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers ... #Quote by Mother Teresa

#47. Give love to your children, to a wife or husband, to a next-door neighbour. #Quote by Mother Teresa