No Greater Love Quotes

“Since we cannot see Christ, we cannot express our love to Him. But we do see our neighbor, and we can do for him what we would do for Christ if He were visible.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“If you are discouraged, it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own powers.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“You may be exhausted with work, you may even kill yourself, but unless your work is interwoven with love, it is useless. To work without love is slavery.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“If you are humble, nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. If you are blamed, you won’t be discouraged; if anyone calls you a saint, you won’t put yourself on a pedestal. If you are a saint, thank God; if you are a sinner, don’t remain one. Christ tells us to aim very high, not to be like Abraham or David or any of the saints, but to be like our heavenly Father.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“What we need is to love without getting tired. How does a lamp burn? Through the continuous input of small drops of oil. What are these drops of oil in our lamps? They are the small things of daily life: faithfulness, small words of kindness, a thought for others, our way of being silent, of looking, of speaking, and of acting. Do not look for Jesus away from yourselves. He is not out there; He is in you. Keep your lamp burning, and you will recognize Him.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“True love is love that causes us pain, that hurts, and yet brings us joy. That is why we must pray to God and ask Him to give us the courage to love.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“Peace and war start within one’s own home. If we really want peace for the world, let us start by loving one another within our families. Sometimes it is hard for us to smile at one another.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“God has not created poverty; it is we who have created it. Before God, all of us are poor . — MOTHER TERESA Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . — JESUS, MATTHEW 5:3 RSV Poverty doesn't only consist of being hungry for bread, but rather it is a tremendous hunger for human dignity. We need to love and to be somebody for someone else. This is where we make our mistake and shove people aside. Not only have we denied the poor a piece of bread, but by thinking that they have no worth and leaving them abandoned in the streets, we have denied them the human dignity that is rightfully theirs as children of God.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“We interfere with God’s plans when we push in someone or something else not suitable for us. Be strict with yourself, and then be very strict with what you are receiving from the outside.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“The greatest mistake is to think you are too strong to fall into temptation. Put your finger in the fire and it will burn. So we have to go through the fire.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“be kind to each other. It is better to commit faults with gentleness than to work miracles with unkindness”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“People are hungry for the Word of God that will give peace, that will give unity, that will give joy. But you cannot give what you don’t have. That’s why it is necessary to deepen your life of prayer.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“We have to possess before we can give.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“Sincerity is humility, and you acquire humility only by accepting humiliations.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“We have a great deal of worth in the eyes of God. I never tire of saying over and over again that God loves us. It is a wonderful thing that God Himself loves me tenderly. That is why we should have courage, joy, and the conviction that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“In the silence of the heart God speaks.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God’s gift of Himself.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“You learn humility only by accepting humiliations. And you will meet humiliation all through your life. The greatest humiliation is to know that you are nothing. This you come to know when you face God in prayer.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“I remember my mother. They say she was very holy. One day three of us were [saying] not nice things about the teacher. It was night. [My mother] got up and [turned] off the main switch. She said, "I am a widow. . . . I have no money to spend on electricity for you to talk evil." And we had to do everything in darkness--go up and down, wash, go to bed.”
― Mother Teresa, A Call to Mercy: Hearts to Love, Hands to Serve

“prayer is necessary to reach that goal. Because it is the breath of life to our soul, holiness is impossible without it.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“We must never forget that we are bound toward perfection and should aim ceaselessly at it.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“Mothers are at the heart of the family. Children need their mothers. If the mother is there, the children will be there too. For the family to be whole, the children and the mother also need the father to be present in the home.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“Love begins at home, and every Co-worker* should try to make sure that deep family love abides in his or her home. Only when love abides at home can we share it with our next-door neighbor. Then it will show forth and you will be able to say to them, “Yes, love is here.” And then you will be able to share it with everyone around you.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“And whatever you did to the least of my brethren, you did it to me.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“we cannot give what we have not got”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“To work without love is slavery.”
― Mother Teresa, No Greater Love

“God will send” was the reply. Piles of hampers, we were not short. Mother’s faith and trust in God was something living, had become part of herself, one could sense it; yes, one could see Mother had a close Friend, powerful and faithful, working with her all the time.”
― Mother Teresa, A Call to Mercy: Hearts to Love, Hands to Serve

“They were hungry for the word of God. Here too in the whole world there is a hunger for God, among the young especially. And it is there that we must find Jesus and satisfy that hunger.22”
― Mother Teresa, A Call to Mercy: Hearts to Love, Hands to Serve