Mother Teresa Quotes

When we promote the well-being of others God has placed in our lives our service glorifies God.

The secret to greatness is in serving everyone else.

Generosity is an activity that loosens us up. By offering whatever we can - a dollar, a flower, a word of encouragement - we are training in letting go.

From last night's All Together Now, a Celebration of Service: There can be no definition of a successful life that does not include service to others.

Let us not only scatter benefits, but even strew flowers for our fellow-travellers, in the rugged ways of this wretched world.

The highest distinction is service to others.

Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.

All worldly joys are less than that one joy of doing kindnesses.

Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service. Whatever form we are, able or disabled, rich or poor, it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing; a lifelong sharing of love with others.

Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need.

Charity, like the sun, brightens every object on which it shines.

The greatest thing is not to believe in Santa Claus; it is to be Santa Claus.

...perhaps charity is the kind of beauty that we comprehend the best because we miss it the most.

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

The place of charity, like that of God, is everywhere.

You cannot be so poor that you cannot help somebody.

She writes that one of the moments that she felt most useful was when her mother had a headache, and she would stroke her head and rub her forehead. And I think Eleanor Roosevelt's entire life was dedicated to two things: (one) making it better for all people, people in trouble and in need, like her family.

Even if you don't have anything, even if you've got a quarter in your pocket, to share with someone else who has nothing really helps.

Give to another human being without the expectation of a return.

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

Live by looking for things to do for other people.

Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are hearts to gladden. There are kind words to say. There are gifts to be given. There are deeds to be done. There are souls to be saved.

My father (Danny Thomas) used to tell me there are two kinds of people, the takers and the givers. 'The takers sometimes eat better,' he would say, 'but the givers always sleep better.'

The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.

Compassion, along with love, is the face of altruism.