Quotes from Mother Teresa

Let us be very sincere in our dealings with each other and have the courage to accept each other as we are.

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.

A beautiful death is for people who lived like animals to die like angels—loved and wanted.

Perfect prayer does not consist in many words, but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus.

It is only by frequent deaths of ourselves and our self-centered desires that we can come to live more fully.

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 we could use.

If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don't.

Failure is merely feedback that there is something blocking the path of the emergence and expansion of the greatest version of yourself.

Failure is nothing but the kiss of Jesus.

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.

If I ever become a Saint - I will surely be one of "darkness." I will continually be absent from heaven - to light the light of those in darkness on earth.

It is much easier to conquer a country than to conquer ourselves.

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

Kind words are short and easy to speak; but their echoes are truly endless

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

People are generally irrational, unreasonable and selfish. They deserve to be loved, anyway.

The openness of our hearts and minds can be measured by how wide we draw the circle of what we call family.

The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family.

All of us must be saints in this world. Holiness is a duty for you and me. So let's be saints and so give glory to the Father.

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.

When Christ said: "I was hungry and you fed me," he didn't mean only the hunger for bread and for food; he also meant the hunger to be loved. Jesus himself experienced this loneliness.

Every adult was once a child free from prejudice.

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

The true way and the sure way to friendship is through humility-being open to each other, accepting each other just as we are, knowing each other.