Mother Teresa Quotes

Be motivated by this collection of wisdom of Mother Teresa quotes. Mother Teresa of Calcutta was truly an inspiration to us all. She was a Missionary and Founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity. She won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979. Her life work was dedicated to helping others. Born in 1910, died in 1997. Collection compiled by

Be inspired by the wisdom of Mother Teresa:
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Mother Teresa

There are no great things, only small things with great love. Mother Teresa

Just show up and things and things will happen. Mother Teresa

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much. Mother Teresa

It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.Mother Teresa

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.Mother Teresa

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

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

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. Mother Teresa

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



Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Mother Teresa

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

True holiness consists in doing God's will with a smile. Mother Teresa

Unless a life is lived for others, it is not worthwhile. Mother Teresa

I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness. Mother Teresa

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. Mother Teresa

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
Mother Teresa

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

Peace begins with a smile.
Mother Teresa

What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.
Mother Teresa

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
Mother Teresa



The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
Mother Teresa

We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love and be loved.
Mother Teresa

Somebody loves us, too - God Himself. We have been created to love and to be loved.
Mother Teresa

Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Mother Teresa

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
Wise wisdom of Mother Teresa



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