Peace begins with a smile. I will never understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish. Mother Teresa More Quotes by Mother Teresa More Quotes From Mother Teresa Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God Mother Teresa love-and-kindnessprayerhands What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight; build it anyway. Mother Teresa self-centeredmayyears If you hold an anti-war rally, I shall not attend. But if you hold a Pro-Peace rally invite me. Mother Teresa anti-warinviteswar If faith is lacking, it is because there is too much selfishness, too much concern for personal gain. For faith to be true, it has to be generous and loving. Love and faith go together, they complete each other. Mother Teresa selfishnessfaithtogether 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. Mother Teresa forgivingsorrypeople Keep in mind that our community is not composed of those who are already saints, but of those who are trying to become saints. Therefore let us be extremely patient with each other's faults and failures. Mother Teresa failurecommunityencouragement There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives--the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them. ---Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart. Speak tenderly to them. Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well. Mother Teresa painlonelinesskindness Like her [Mary], let us be full of zeal to go in haste to give Jesus to others. She was full of grace when, at the Annunciation, she received Jesus. Like her. we too become full of grace every time we receive Holy Communion. It is the same Jesus whom she received and whom we receive at Mass. As soon as she received Him. she went with haste to give Him to John. For us also. As soon as we receive Jesus in Holy Communion, let us go in haste to give Him to our sisters, to our poor, to the sick, to the dying, to the lepers, to the unwanted, and the unloved. By this we make Jesus present in the world today. Mother Teresa sickgivingjesus If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve. Mother Teresa prayingmotherbelieve Following Jesus is simple, but not easy. Love until it hurts, and then love more. Mother Teresa hurtlovejesus The dying, the cripple, the mental, the unwanted, the unloved-- they are Jesus in disguise. Mother Teresa cripplesdyingjesus We must know that we have been created for greater things, not just to be a number in the world, not just to go for diplomas and degrees, this work and that work. We have been created in order to love and to be loved. Mother Teresa hard-worknumbersorder even God could do nothing for someone already full. You have to be completely empty to let Him in to do what He will. Mother Teresa emptygod Do not let the past disturb you, just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and begin again with joy. Mother Teresa heartjoypast 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. Mother Teresa catholicand-lovejesus We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty. Mother Teresa wisemotivationalpeace Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do. Mother Teresa inspiringinspirationallove Make sure that you let God's grace work in your souls by accepting whatever He gives you, and giving Him whatever He takes from you. True holiness consists in doing God's work with a smile. Mother Teresa prayerchristianletting-go We are called upon not to be successful, but to be faithful. Mother Teresa being-faithfulfaithfulsuccessful And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love, and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something. Mother Teresa positiveinspirationallove
