42 Mother Teresa Quotes to Inspire Faith and Appeciation

“Intense love does not measure it just gives. ”
― Mother Teresa

“We’re not here to make people like us, we’re here to change the world for the better.”
― Jeanette Coron

“Like Mother Theresa, your greatness unfolds by the kindness you show to the weakest members of humanity.”
― Debasish Mridha

“Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.”
― Mother Teresa

“Everything everyone thinks they know about [Mother Teresa] is false. It must be the single most successful emotional con job of the twentieth century.”
― Christopher Hitchens

“He then said, ‘But in India, where there are so many problems, can you ever be successful at what you do- isn’t it hopeless to try?’ She replied, “Well, Senator, we’re not always called to be successful but we’re always called to be faithful.”
― Mother Teresa (as told by Dave)

“She suffers and she laughs.”
― Mother Teresa

“Patting mother Theresa on the back, someone said to her: ‘i wouldn’t do what you do for a million dollars.’ She said with a grin: ‘me neither.”
― Shane Claiborne

“Mother Teresa said that she couldn’t imagine doing her work for more than thirty minutes without prayer. Do you and I have work that we can’t imagine doing for thirty minutes without prayer?”
― Gary Haugen

“Elijah, as always, is being unusually kind. While he himself is not lonely, he doesn’t mind talking to lonely people. He is the Mother Teresa of banter.”
― David Levithan

“Peace begins with a smile. I will never understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish.” ― Mother Teresa

“Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less. We will hear less. Ironically, rush and more usually mean less.” ― Mother Teresa

“Do not worry about why problems exist in the world – just respond to people’s needs.” ― Mother Teresa

“The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action.” ― Mother Teresa

“If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.” ― Mother Teresa

“Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.” ― Mother Teresa

“We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly.” ― 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

“I never look at the masses as my responsibility. I look at the individual. I can love only one person at a time. I can feed only one person at a time. Just one, one, one.” ― Mother Teresa

“God has created us to love and to be loved, and this is the beginning of prayer-to know that He loves me, that I have been created for greater things.” ― Mother Teresa

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” ― Mother Teresa

“It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.” ― Mother Teresa

“Whenever you share love with others, you’ll notice the peace that comes to you and to them.” ― Mother Teresa

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” ― Mother Teresa

“Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” ― Mother Teresa

“We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred… If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other?” ― Mother Teresa

“I don’t do great things. I do small things with great love.” ― Mother Teresa

“I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.” ― Mother Teresa

“Your true character is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do ‘Nothing’ for you.” ― Mother Teresa

“Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to get what they want.” ― Mother Teresa

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” ― 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

“Doctors can heal the body, but it is music that uplifts the spirit.” ― Mother Teresa

“For all those who make such stories which are not true, I only say God forgive all these people. I feel sorry for them because they are doing so much harm to themselves.” ― Mother Teresa

“If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.” ― Mother Teresa

“At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.” ― Mother Teresa

“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.” ― Mother Teresa

“Let us not use bombs and guns to overcome the world. Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile.” ― Mother Teresa

“Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.” ― Mother Teresa

“Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.” ― Mother Teresa

“One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.” ― Mother Teresa

“The success of love is in the loving – it is not in the result of loving. Of course, it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or does not determine the value of what we have done.” ― Mother Teresa