Mother Teresa Quotes

There are many out there who plead and pray for help. There are those who are discouraged, those who are beset by poor health and challenges of life which leave them in despair. I’ve always believed in the truth of the words, ‘God’s sweetest blessings always go by hands that serve him here below.’ Let us have ready hands, clean hands, and willing hands, that we may participate in providing what our Heavenly Father would have others receive from Him.

I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being.

The secret to greatness is in serving everyone else.

One of the secrets in life is that we really lead a better life when we're living for others than we do when we're living for ourselves, and I think that's the way for our creator intended for it to be, is that if we can live for other people, we really leave this world in a different way.

Perhaps when we face our maker, we will not be asked, 'How many positions did you hold,' but rather, 'How many people did you help?

It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . .

Service is the highest form of prayer as far as I am concerned.

Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.

Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.

True humility means giving joy to others.

The greatest moments in life are not concerned with selfish achievements, but rather with the things we do for others

Whatever your standing in life, the most important thing is behaving in ways that help other people. It's the same with music. I am a servant of the music ... and if I get caught up in ego, I'll lose everything .. it'll burn and that's a guarantee.

Throwing away Zen mind is correct Zen mind. Only keep the question, 'What is the best way of helping other people?'

Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.

The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.

The truest state of humanity is that you're living for other people.

We are all here, on this earth for only one go around. And everyone thinks their purpose is to just find their passion. But perhaps our purpose is to find what other people need.

I don't want to be a saint; I just want to help people.

The real joy in life comes from giving. It comes from service. It comes from doing things for other people. That is what is so powerful about this. Nothing will make you happier than giving.

You can not have significance in this life if it is all about you. You get your significance, you find your joy in life through service and sacrifice - it's pure and simple.

If we stop thinking of ourselves and only of helping others, you will start to see a dramatic improvement in the suffering we are all going through.

Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.

Do good things for other people.

Everything a baptized person does each day should be directly or indirectly related to the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.