Favorite Quotations Mother Teresa, 3 Mother Teresa: Complete Authorized Biography

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." ~ Mother Teresa

It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.

Intense love does not measure; it just gives.

You take care of the other three; I will take care of the one who looks worse.

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

I always begin my prayer in silence, for it is in the silence of the heart that God speaks. God is the friend of silence.

I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?

I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.

Without prayer I could not work for even half an hour. I get my strength from God through prayer.

Your soul is a gift of God.

People ask me what advice I have for a married couple struggling in their relationship. I always answer "Pray and forgive."

God is everywhere and in everything and we are all His children. when we gather in His name this gives us strength.

We must become holy, not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live his life fully in us. ~ Something Beautiful for God

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.

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