If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
MOTHER TERESAIf you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
MOTHER TERESADo not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
MOTHER TERESAIntense love does not measure it just gives.
MOTHER TERESAOne of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
MOTHER TERESAA joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy.
MOTHER TERESAPeople are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
MOTHER TERESAIf you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
MOTHER TERESAEach one of them is Jesus in disguise.
MOTHER TERESAEverything that is not given is lost.
MOTHER TERESAWhen you have nothing left but God,you have more than enough to start over again.
MOTHER TERESAPrayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love begets service on behalf of the poor.
MOTHER TERESAGive the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
MOTHER TERESAIf you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
MOTHER TERESAI must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.
MOTHER TERESAIt is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.
MOTHER TERESALove begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.
MOTHER TERESA