Rating: 
Summary: A beautiful little book filled with quotes of inspiration.
Review: As always, Mother's words were simple and short, yet compeling and convincing. This is my favorite of Mother's books, because of it's simplicity in layout. It is easy to reference her thoughts and quotes on a variety of subjects by chapter. A book to keep with you all day...to find moments of reflection and inspiration in her passages of spirituality and love.
Rating: 
Summary: Good Collection of Mother Teresa Quotes
Review: If you are looking for a concise collection of Mother Teresa quotes, this is a great choice. It is well organized with some of her best wisdom. If you are looking for more than a collection of quotes, then I recommend (as I have in other reviews of Mother Teresa books) that you start with "No Greater Love". That book remains my favorite book of her wisdom.
Rating:
Summary: A 911 WAKE-UP CALL FOR THOSE LOST
Review: In simple lessons MT shows how an alliance with one's
church can fortify spiritual power in the individual.
She shows us different facets of simple and basic standards
which can be applied to all life, no matter the personal
history or trials and tribulations of everyday
life.
If a reconnection in some way is on your agenda, this may
be the impetus needed for someone to kick-start their
own survival instincts as a part of greater peacefulness,
thoughtfulness and carefulness.
Rating:
Summary: Spiritual classic
Review: These thoughts of possibly the next great Saint of the Church are wonderfully arranged. Her thoughts are words we all should live by, and her extreme faith, hope, and love are virtures we all could benefit from. Excellent choice if looking for quotes of Mother Teresa.
Rating:
Summary: Spiritual classic
Review: These thoughts of possibly the next great Saint of the Church are wonderfully arranged. Her thoughts are words we all should live by, and her extreme faith, hope, and love are virtures we all could benefit from. Excellent choice if looking for quotes of Mother Teresa.
Rating: 
Summary: Not a good source for the life of Mother Theresa.
Review: This book is a poor source for the life of Mother Theresa. Not only has Mother Theresa's hometown been misspelled, but the country where this town is situated has also been mistaken. Mother Theresa was not born in Skoplje, Albania. In fact, this place does not exist at all. She was born in Skopje, Macedonia.If Mother Theresa's origins are mistaken at the beginning of the book, then I wonder how many mistakes there are throughout the rest of the book.
Rating:
Summary: She gave her life for the "POOR & SICK" of this world
Review: This book is indeed a great book about a saintly woman, who rubbed shoulders with the "rich and powerful" in the world, and still her heart was always with the "poor & sick" of this world. She toiled day and night to take care the "poor and sick" rotting in the streets of Calcutta. No wonder one billion Hindus in India treated her like a "Holy Mother" and gave her a royal funeral fit for a queen, when she died. Generations to come, will hardly believe such a person like Mother Theresa, once walked in flesh and blood upon this earth. I always wonder what make this world so great and so loving. It is because of people like Mother Theresa.
Rating:
Summary: words of great wisdom
Review: This book is made up entirely of Mother Teresa's anecdotes and sayings. The author tells us little about this saintly woman except that Mother Teresa was very clear in her goals: to love and serve the poor and to see Jesus in everyone. She always left the ways and means to do this in God's hands. These are a few of the passages that inspired me. "Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God." "Holiness is not the luxury of a few. It is everyone's duty: yours and mine." "In order to be saints, you have to seriously want to be one. Saint Thomas Aquinas assures us that holiness "is nothing else but a resolution made, the heroic act of a soul that surrenders to God." And he adds: "Spontaneously we love God, we run towards him, we get close to him, we possess him." Our willingness is important because it changes us into the image of God and likens us to him! The decision to be holy is a very dear one. Renunciation, temptations, struggles, persecutions, and all kinds of sacrifices are what surround the soul that has opted for holiness." "Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself." "Prayer does not demand that we interrupt our work, but that we continue working as if it were prayer." "To love with a pure heart, to love everybody, especially to love the poor, is a twenty-four-hour prayer." "My secret is a very simple one: I pray. To pray to Christ is to love him." "Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at his disposition, and listening to his voice in the depths of our hearts." "Every day at communion time, I communicate two of my feelings to Jesus. One is gratefulness, because he has helped me to persevere until today. The other is a request: teach me to pray." "Never forget, my children, that the poor are our masters. That is why we should love them and serve them, with utter respect, and do what they bid us." "I ask you one thing: do not tire of giving, but do not give your leftovers. Give until it hurts, until you feel the pain." "Let us ask God, when it comes time to ask him for something, to help us to be generous." "The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than we give them." "Today it is very fashionable to talk about the poor. Unfortunately, it is not fashionable to talk with them." "Do we share with the poor, just like Jesus shared with us?" "Whoever the poorest of the poor are, they are Christ for us - Christ under the guise of human suffering." "Our food, our dress: it all must be just like the poor. The poor are Christ himself." "The less we have, the more we give. Seems absurd, but it's the logic of love." "True love causes pain. Jesus, in order to give us the proof of his love, died on the cross. A mother, in order to give birth to her baby, has to suffer. If you really love one another, you will not be able to avoid making sacrifices." "Someone once told me that not even for a million dollars would they touch a leper. I responded: "Neither would I. If it were a case of money, I would not even do it for two million. On the other hand, I do it gladly for love of God." "I will never tire of repeating this: what the poor need the most is not pity but love. They need to feel respect for their human dignity, which is neither less nor different from the dignity of any other human being." My elderly parents-in-law often talk about the time when they met Mother Teresa. This book is probably the closest we will get to sitting at her feet and listening to her words of wisdom. Words of great wisdom
Rating:
Summary: Beautiful, Inspiring Compilation
Review: This collection of Mother Teresa's own words was compiled by a journalist who knew her personally. The quotes are practical and spiritual, like the saint herself. They're arranged within several categories, including Holiness, Generosity, and Life And Death. One of my favorite Mother Teresa quotes from the book: "Some remind me of what a magazine once said about me; it described me as a "living saint." If someone sees God in me, I am happy. I see God in everyone, and especially in those who suffer." Be sure to read the Introduction for a brief account of her remarkable life. Each chapter begins with a photo of Mother Teresa in her work. Whatever your religion or faith, race or color, you will draw both inspiration and hope from this holy woman's heartfelt words. -- Graciela Sholander, http://dreamitdoit.net
Rating:
Summary: An expression of love for her fellow humans
Review: This collection of quotes was put together by Jose Luis Gonzalez-Balado a year before Mother Teresa's death. It is an indispensable collection of wisdom for those who work with the poor or who are concerned for them. Her words are categorised into fifteen chapters some dealing specifically with her work among the poor and others being more general. Mother Teresa, was of course, a Roman Catholic nun and as a result much of her material centers on Christ and finding him among the poor. However, even if you are not Roman Catholic you will find the message endearing. It is one of love and concern for our fellow human beings.
| 
