Mother Teresa Quotes

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overpowering conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day

Let go and let God. Let Him take over your life and run it. He knows how.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.

I can't sing, perform, do anything apart from Christ. I have no power or strength of my own.

My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.

What has made me successful is the ability to surrender my plans, dreams and goals to a power that's greater than other people and greater than myself.

This may not be the path for everyone. But the trust of which we speak is not an act of heroism. it is an act of surrender that makes the decision easier. It sounds unbelieveable, but I know it to be true. Leave the decision to God and you relieve yourself of the anxiety that comes from thinking that the choice is yours - the sneaking suspicion that you might have done better had you been a little more careful, a little luckier.

Pray; and as you pray, surrender; and as you surrender, believe.

I can't even imagine going through life without my relationship with Jesus. So much of it is me relying on Him and me needing Him, not just in those crazy circumstances but in the day-to-day activities.

Prayer means dependence on the Lord.

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying.

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'

We should be recklessly abandoned to Jesus, and just turn it over to Him. Through the support I think the sacrifices will be made and we'll all be cool with it.

I've got the Lord on board.

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.

I do not attempt to orchestrate my career. I let God do that.

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.

God will give us the strength to be able to handle things. I mean, you can try to do it on your own, and sometimes you can pull off some stuff, but in the long run, it's much easier with Him by our side.

There is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.

What does it mean to believe rather than to know? To surrender to something that's not fact but faith?