Mother Teresa Quotes

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Mother Teresa

August 26 , 1910 – September 5 , 1997

Mother Teresa was an Albanian-Indian nun and humanitarian. Their most powerful quotes on life, success and human nature are collected here for daily inspiration and reflection.

102 quotes in this collection

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"The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it."

-- Mother Teresa

"The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it."

-- Mother Teresa

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

-- Mother Teresa

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

-- Mother Teresa

"Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls."

-- Mother Teresa

"Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls."

-- Mother Teresa

"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."

-- Mother Teresa

"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."

-- Mother Teresa

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

-- Mother Teresa

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

-- Mother Teresa

"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."

-- Mother Teresa

"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."

-- Mother Teresa

"I want you to be concerned about your next-door neighbor. Do you know your next-door neighbor?"

-- Mother Teresa

"I want you to be concerned about your next-door neighbor. Do you know your next-door neighbor?"

-- Mother Teresa

"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."

-- Mother Teresa

"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."

-- Mother Teresa

"God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try."

-- Mother Teresa

"God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try."

-- Mother Teresa

"A life not lived for others is not a life."

-- Mother Teresa

"A life not lived for others is not a life."

-- Mother Teresa

"Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger."

-- Mother Teresa

"Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger."

-- Mother Teresa

"Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home."

-- Mother Teresa

"Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home."

-- Mother Teresa

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."

-- Mother Teresa

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."

-- Mother Teresa

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

-- Mother Teresa

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

-- Mother Teresa

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

-- Mother Teresa

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

-- Mother Teresa

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin."

-- Mother Teresa

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin."

-- Mother Teresa

"The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved."

-- Mother Teresa

"The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved."

-- Mother Teresa

"Intense love does not measure, it just gives."

-- Mother Teresa

"Intense love does not measure, it just gives."

-- Mother Teresa

"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world."

-- Mother Teresa

"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world."

-- Mother Teresa

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."

-- Mother Teresa

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."

-- Mother Teresa

"Gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy."

-- Mother Teresa

"Gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy."

-- Mother Teresa

"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it."

-- Mother Teresa

"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it."

-- Mother Teresa

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."

-- Mother Teresa

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."

-- Mother Teresa

"People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered; Forgive them anyway."

-- Mother Teresa

"People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered; Forgive them anyway."

-- Mother Teresa

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Who is Mother Teresa? +

Mother Teresa was an Albanian-Indian nun and humanitarian. Their most powerful quotes on life, success and human nature are collected here for daily inspiration and reflection.

What is Mother Teresa's most famous quote? +

One of Mother Teresa's most widely shared quotes is: "Joy is strength.".

What did Mother Teresa say about love? +

On love, Mother Teresa said: "If you judge people, you have no time to love them.".

What did Mother Teresa say about service? +

On service, Mother Teresa said: "Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.".

Why are Mother Teresa's quotes popular? +

Mother Teresa's quotes endure because they turn ideas about Love, Service, Humanity, Faith into clear, memorable language that is easy to relate to and share.

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