Famous Quotes

"Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them."

Mother Teresa on Life

More quotes about Life

• "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

  Robert Frost on Life

• "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

  Buddha on Life

• "Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too."

  Will Smith on Life

• "Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it."

  Sai Baba on Life

• "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."

  George Bernard Shaw on Life

More quotes by Mother Teresa

• "Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."

• "We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls."

• "Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given."

• "There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible."

• "I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds yet I willingly cure him for the love of God."