Mother Teresa Quotes

Remember that you can pray any time, anywhere. Washing dishes, digging ditches, working in the office, in the shop, on the athletic field, even in prison - you can pray and know God hears!

Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love.

There are some people who, in order not to pray use as an excuse the fact that life is so hectic that it prevents us from praying. This cannot be. Prayer does not demand that we interrupt our work, but that we continue working as if it were a prayer. It is not necessary to always be in meditation, nor to consciously experience the sensation that we are talking to God, no matter how nice that would be. What matters is being with Him, living in Him, in His will. To love with a pure heart, to love everybody, especially to live the poor, is a twenty-four hour prayer.

There is no need to get to a place of prayer; pray wherever you are.

The key that opens the door to the faith is prayer.

Spiritually, no action is more important than surrender. Surrender is the tenderest impulse of the heart, acting out of love to give whatever the beloved wants. Surrender is being alert to exactly what is happening now, not imposing expectations from the past. Surrender is faith that the power of love can accomplish anything, even when you cannot foresee the outcome of a situation.

I'm a big believer in the way ritual can put us in connection with our spirituality.

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.

My hectic work schedule does not often permit me time to visit temples, but my conversations with God don't depend on idol worship. Inside my heart, I have developed and sustained a direct communication with Him.

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.

My faith means everything to me. God and I talk constantly.

I believe in prayer and in strong belief.

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

This is love: the flowering of love is meditation.

Spirituality - prayer - is a big part of my life.

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

Ask those who love Him with a sincere love, and they will tell you that they find no greater or prompter relief amid the troubles of their life than in loving conversation with their Divine Friend.

When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live.

Prayer is where the action is.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

I found my faith to be more about my belief, my spirituality, about nature.

Faith is pretty much the essence of mine and Grace's being.

It's really important to me to pray.

I have my work and my Jesus!

I know that I pray a lot, and I take time for myself.