Mother Teresa

Nun, Humanitarian Albanian-Indian 1910 – 1997

Founded Missionaries of Charity; served the poorest in Calcutta.

370 quotes

"See the Christ in every person you meet."
Faith
"Joy is our greatest strength in difficult times."
Strength
"To touch someone with kindness is to touch God."
Kindness
"The world needs less judgment and more mercy."
Wisdom
"Our vocation is to love without limit."
Love
"In giving, we receive infinitely more than we give."
Gratitude
"Faith is the foundation upon which love is built."
Faith
"Do not wait for perfect circumstances; begin now with what you have."
Courage
"The love of God expressed through us changes the world."
Inspiration
"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."
Love
"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."
Kindness
"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin."
Time
"Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the greatest poverty."
Solitude
"Peace begins with a smile."
Peace
"Do small things with extraordinary love and care."
Work
"If you cannot feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
Kindness
"There are some people in this life with whom we feel we belong."
Relationships
"Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."
Love
"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God."
Faith
"God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that we try."
Courage
"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."
Leadership
"The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved."
Solitude
"Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious about next things."
Time
"We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things in a great way."
Success
"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread."
Love
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
Wisdom
"When you do something beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad."
Beauty
"Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself."
Peace
"I see God in every human being."
Faith
"Each one of them is Jesus in disguise."
Faith