Quotes by Mother Teresa

About Mother Teresa:

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, MC is today Macedonia, with her family being of Albanian descent originating in Kosovo.
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I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I'm supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I'm praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer chan...

Mother Teresa

I will never attend an anti-war rally; if you have a peace rally, invite me.

Mother Teresa

If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will.

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 is put in the giving.

Mother Teresa

It is not what to do, but how much love we put into the doing. We can do not greats, only small things with great love." - Mother Theresa

Mother Teresa

Do small things with great love.

Mother Teresa

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

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God has not called me to be successful; He has called me to be faithful.

Mother Teresa

I know i am touching the living body of Christ in the broken bodies of the hungry and the suffering.

Mother Teresa

I still think that the greatest suffering is being lonely, feeling unloved, just having no one... That is the worst disease that any human being can ever experience.

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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth, a life full of the most atrocious tortures on earth, will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.

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We are all pencils in the hand of God.

Mother Teresa

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

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I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

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Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.

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We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able...

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Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.

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Food quotes by Mother Teresa, UberQuotes

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

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Love quotes by Mother Teresa, Home quotes by Mother Teresa, UberQuotes

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.

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Love quotes by Mother Teresa, Home quotes by Mother Teresa, UberQuotes

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

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Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

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Author Bio

  • NameMother Teresa
  • DescriptionRoman Catholic nun
  • AliasesAgnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu; Blessed Teresa of Calcuta
  • BornAugust 27, 1910
  • DiedSeptember 5, 1997
  • CountryAlbania; India
  • ProfessionNun
  • AwardsRamon Magsaysay Award; Templeton Prize; Balzan Prize; Nobel Peace Prize; Pacem In Terris Award; Bharat Ratna; Damien-Dutton Award; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Congressional Gold Medal; Order Of The Smile; Jawaharlal Nehru Award For International Understanding; Honorary Citizen Of The United States; ; Order Of Australia