“Suffering is nothing by itself. But suffering shared with the passion of Christ is a wonderful gift, the most beautiful gift, a token of love.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less. We will hear less. Ironically, rush and more usually mean less.”
―
Mother Teresa
“People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.”
―
Mother Teresa
“I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”
―
Mother Teresa
“A beautiful death is for people who lived like animals to die like angels—loved and wanted.”
―
Mother Teresa
“God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.”
―
Mother Teresa
“In the developed countries there is a poverty of intimacy, a poverty of spirit, of loneliness, of lack of love. There is no greater sickness in the world today than that one.”
―
Mother Teresa
“I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.”
―
Mother Teresa
“But still, everything is for Jesus; so like that everything is beautiful, even though it is difficult.”
―
Mother Teresa
“We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.”
―
Mother Teresa
