Quotes from Mother Teresa

God didn't call me to be successful, He called me to be faithful.

In the end, dear friend, it is always between us and God, not between us and them.

God does not require that we be successful only that we be faithful.

We cannot condemn or judge or pass words that will hurt people. We don't know in what way God is appearing to that soul and what God is drawing that soul to; therefore, who are we to condemn anybody?

God gives us things to share, God doesn't give us things to hold.

For all those who make such stories which are not true, I only say God forgive all these people. I feel sorry for them because they are doing so much harm to themselves.

Yesterday is gone and tomorrow has not yet come; we must live each day as if it were our last so that when God calls us we already, and prepared, to die with a clean heart.

Faith in action is love, and love in action is service. By transforming that faith into living acts of love, we put ourselves in contact with God Himself, with Jesus our Lord.

even God could do nothing for someone already full. You have to be completely empty to let Him in to do what He will.

I am but a small pencil in the hand of a writing God

Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet especially your family. Be holy let us pray.

When you have nothing left but God,you have more than enough to start over again.

Abortion is murder in the womb...A child is a gift of God. If you do not want him, give him to me.

The child is the beauty of God present in the world, that greatest gift to a family

Let's do something beautiful for God.

Our progress in holiness depends on God and ourselves - on God's grace and on our will to be holy.

God is everywhere and in everything and without Him we cannot exist.

Gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.

It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself.

God does not demand that I be successful. God demands that I be faithful. When facing God, results are not important. Faithfulness is what is important.

If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we should still need tanks and generals?

To God there is nothing small. The moment we have given it to God, it becomes infinite.

If you ask children in the west where's God, they'd point to the sky. If you ask children in India, they point at themselves.

What we say does not matter - only what God says to souls through us.