Mother Teresa Quotes About Inspiration
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Holiness grows so fast where there is kindness. The world is lost for want of sweetness and kindness. Do not forget we need each other.
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Do you really know the living Jesus - not from books but from being with Him in your heart? Have you heard the loving words He speaks to you?... The devil may try to use the hurts of life, and sometimes our own mistakes - to make you feel it is impossible that Jesus really loves you, is really cleaving to you. This is a danger for all of us. And so sad, because it is completely the opposite of what Jesus is really wanting, waiting to tell you. Not only that He loves you, but even more - He longs for you.
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It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.
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Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
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Be humble and you will never be disturbed. It is very difficult in practice because we all want to see the result of our work. Leave it to Jesus.
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What we say does not matter - only what God says to souls through us.
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It is not the magnitude of our actions, but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.
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We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
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If we are Christians, we must look like Christ - this is my deep conviction.
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God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.
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God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what prayer is meant to be.
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My television is the tabernacle.
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Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
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It is much easier to conquer a country than to conquer ourselves.
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To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
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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.
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I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?'
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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.
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Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.
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Intense love does not measure, it just gives.
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Peace begins with a smile.
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