“It is our emptiness and lowliness that God needs and not our plenitude. These are a few of the ways we can practice humility:
Speak as little as possible of oneself.
Mind one's own business.
Avoid curiosity.
Do not want to manage other people's affairs.
Accept contradiction and correction cheerfully.
Pass over the mistakes of others.
Accept blame when innocent.
Yield to the will of others.
Accept insults and injuries.
Accept being slighted, forgotten, and disliked.
Be kind and gentle even under provocation.
Do not seek to be specially loved and admired.
Never stand on one's dignity.
Yield in discussion even when one is right.
Choose always the hardest.”
―
Mother Teresa
“I have found the paradox,
that if you love until it hurts,
there can be no more hurt,
only more love.”
―
Mother Teresa
“And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love...”
―
Mother Teresa
“The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.”
―
Mother Teresa
“God has not called me to be successful. He has called me to be faithful.”
―
Mother Teresa
“I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?”
―
Mother Teresa
“One filled with joy preaches without preaching.”
―
Mother Teresa
“One truly must have suffered oneself to help others.”
―
Mother Teresa
“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.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Joy is a net of love in which you can catch souls.”
―
Mother Teresa
“I will never attend an anti-war rally; if you have a peace rally, invite me.”
―
Mother Teresa
“There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.”
―
Mother Teresa
