Mother Teresa holding a baby.

"Every child is precious. Every child is a gift from God"

 

"I have never refused a child. Never. Not one!"

 

 

Mother Teresa in prayer.

"The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service, the fruit of service is peace."

"The time we spend in having our daily audience with God is the most precious part of the whole day."  

 

 

Mother Teresa with Pope John Paul II

"We are poor but out of choice. Otherwise how can we hope to understand our poor?"

 

"We do no great things, only small things with great love."

 

 

Mother Teresa presented with the Nobel Prize

"We are called upon not to be successful but to be faithful."

 

"I am nothing; I am but an instrument, a tiny pencil in the hands of the Lord which He writes what He likes. However imperfect we are, He writes beautifully."

 

 

Mother Teresa of Calcutta lies in death

"There is no reason to fear death. God has given us life and when we die we go back to Him. We come from Him and return to Him. The meaning of our lives is to do all we can for the glory of God and the good of all people. Thousands have died with us, and I can only tell you that none of them have been allowed to die alone and uncomforted. Someone is with them, so that when they die they die in peace."

 

"What we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if we didn't do it, the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."

 

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