I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter.

The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.

Be faithful to the time spent in prayer and make sure that at least half of your prayer is spent in silence. This will bring you closer to Jesus. If you deepen your prayer life you will grow in holiness and obtain many graces for the souls entrusted to your care. Deepen your love for one another by praying for each other and by sharing thoughts and graces you have received in prayer and reading.

I realized that I had the call to take care of the sick and the dying, the hungry, the naked, the homeless - to be God's Love in action to the poorest of the poor. That was the beginning of the Missionaries of Charity.

You can't do God's work without suffering.