Mother Teresa Quotes

Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.

Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.

We must love one another as God loves each one of us. To be able to love, we need a clean heart. Prayer is what gives us a clean heart. The fruit of prayer is a deepening of faith and the fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action.

The world calls for, and expects from us, simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility, detachment, and self-sacrifice. Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man.

When we are truly praying, then we can begin to see Christ in our neighbour; when we are really praying, we can begin to live for the Father.

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

The Simple Path Silence is Prayer Prayer is Faith Faith is Love Love is Service The Fruit of Service is Peace

"It is my inmost conviction," Badshah Khan said, "that Islam is amal, yakeen, muhabat" - selfless service, faith, and love.

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

Hands that serve are holier than lips that pray.

The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless.

The picture of Mother Teresa that I remember from my childhood is of a short, sari-wearing woman scurrying down a red gravel path between manicured lawns. She would have in tow one or two slower-footed, sari-clad young Indian nuns. We thought her a freak. Probably we'd picked up on unvoiced opinions of our Loreto nuns.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence.

For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us, in our personal life and the history of our times, of the power of love.

I know many Catholics love God with all their heart. I have genuine respect for anyone who truly has given their life to Christ. We read about Mother Teresa and what a wonderful example she was.

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.

My service to humanity is my real opportunity to prove my genuine love for God and God alone.

Love God; love others; do your best in all you do, even if you fall short!

I see everything I do as an extension of the ministry. It's all about service.

From the beginning, this has been a faith-based ministry.

Now the only way you can serve God on earth is by serving others.

Priests focus on the spiritual. As a lay person I could show people how to be good Catholics in the world.