If I'd never have picked up the first person, I'd never have picked up the 42,000 in Calcutta. Mother Teresa More Quotes by Mother Teresa More Quotes From Mother Teresa We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly. Mother Teresa forgivingcompassionhome Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent. If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. If you are blamed you will not be discouraged. If they call you a saint you will not put yourself on a pedestal. Mother Teresa yogarealmother Love has a hem to her garment that reaches to the very dust. It sweeps the stains from the streets and lanes, and because it can, it must. Mother Teresa hemdustlove A clean heart can see God, can speak to God, and can see the love of God in others. Mother Teresa speakgod-loveheart I trust that God wouldn't give me more than I can handle. I just wish he didn't have such faith in me. Mother Teresa adversitywishgiving The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Mother Teresa loving-motherresultslove-is The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace. And peace begins with a smile. Mother Teresa fruitprayerlove-is My secret is simple -- I pray. Mother Teresa simpleprayingsecret I am Albanian by birth. Now I am a citizen of India. I am also a Catholic nun. In my work, I belong to the whole world. But in my heart, I belong to Christ. Mother Teresa catholicindiaheart Where does love begin? In our own homes. When does it begin? When we pray together. The family that prays together stays together. Mother Teresa togetherhomelove-is 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. Mother Teresa womenlonelyloneliness Peace begins with a smile. I will never understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish. Mother Teresa accomplishsimplepeace The greatest good is what we do for others. Mother Teresa Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. Mother Teresa faithhappyhappiness If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. Mother Teresa magnificencemaypeople I am only a little pencil in the hand of our Lord. He may cut or sharpen the pencil. He may write or draw whatever and whenever he wants. If the writing or drawing is good, we do not honor the pencil or the material that is used, but rather the one who used it. Mother Teresa cuttingwritinghands Give, but give until it hurts. Mother Teresa hurtinspiringinspirational The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give. But the less you have the more free you are. Poverty for us is a freedom. It is not mortification, a penance. It is joyful freedom. There is no television here, no this, no that. But we are perfectly happy. Mother Teresa penancegivingtelevision Do you want to be great? Pick up a broom and sweep the floor. Mother Teresa broomspickswant One day there springs up the desire for money and for all that money can provide — the superfluous, luxury in eating, luxury in dressing, trifles. Needs increase because one thing calls for another. The result is uncontrollable dissatisfaction. Let us remain as empty as possible so that God can fill us up. Mother Teresa luxuryshoppingspring
