Quotes from Mother Teresa

The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving.

Any country that accepts abortion is the poorest of the poor

Suffering will come, trouble will come - that's part of life; a sign that you are alive. If you have no suffering and no trouble, the devil is taking it easy. You are in his hand.

Serve God joyfully. Let there be no sadness in your life: the only true sorrow is sin.

Life is not worth living unless it is lived for others.

Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.

Love - the more you share with others, the more you have.

Life is a dream, realise it.

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

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.

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

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 that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

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.

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

I have a diplomatic passport for India, diplomatic passport for Albania. I have Vatican passport and to America, I can go any time.

It often happens that those who spend their time giving light to others, remain in darkness themselves.

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.

She knows how to suffer and at the same time how to laugh.

The time we spend in having our daily audience with God is the most precious part of the whole day.

Every time I ask for visa, they (USA) give me visa for five years. I have never had any problem in getting a visa to any nation.

There are others who take up that (liberating) role. I have no time to spend for that.

If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.

If you can't do great things, do little things with great love. If you can't do them with great love, do them with a little love. If you can't do them with a little love, do them anyway.