MOTHER TERESA

"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?"

"I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world."

"Work without love is slavery."

"The Simple PathSilence is PrayerPrayer is FaithFaith is LoveLove is ServiceThe Fruit of Service is Peace"

"Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."

"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."

"Give, but give until it hurts."

"A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy."

"A life not lived for others is not a life."

"A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves."

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."

"Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat."

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."

"Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."

"Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired."

"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."

"Each of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission, will disappear."

"Each one of them is Jesus in disguise."

"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."

"Everything that is not given is lost."

"Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway."

"Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people."

"God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try."

"He who is faultless does not care for the opinion of others."

"How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers."

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."

"I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things."

"I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness."

"I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me."

"I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness."

"I still think that the greatest suffering is being lonely, feeling unloved, just having no one. That is the worst disease that any human being can ever experience."

"I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness."

"If a mother can kill her own child - what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me - there is nothing between."

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

"If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve."

"If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway."

"If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are."

"If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway."

"If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway."

"If you can't feed a hundred people, feed just one."

"If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway."

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."

"In the final analysis it is between you and God, it was never between you and them anyway."

"In the home begins the disruption of the peace of the world."

"Intense love does not measure it just gives."

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples."