Mother Theresa Quotes

A collection of quotes by Mother Theresa.

Mother Teresa, born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia (then part of the Ottoman Empire), dedicated her life to serving the poor and destitute. At the age of 18, she moved to Ireland to join the Sisters of Loreto as a missionary. Afterward, she traveled to India where she taught at a school in Calcutta.

In 1946, Mother Teresa experienced a calling within her vocation to serve the poorest of the poor. She founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950 and, over the years, established numerous charitable centers all around the world to provide assistance, care, and compassion to those in need.

Her work gained international recognition, and Mother Teresa became a symbol of selflessness and humanitarianism. She received numerous awards and honors, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, for her unwavering dedication to helping the most vulnerable.

Through her mission, Mother Teresa touched countless lives, providing comfort to the sick, elderly, and abandoned. She continuously advocated for the importance of love, kindness, and empathy in transforming society. Despite facing criticism and challenges, Mother Teresa remained steadfast in her commitment to serving others.

Mother Teresa passed away on September 5, 1997, leaving behind a legacy of compassion and service that continues to inspire people worldwide. Her extraordinary life exemplified the power of one individual's determination to make a positive difference in the lives of those most in need.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is a game, play it.

In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small

In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.

Kind words may be short... but their echoes are endless.

Kind words may be short... but their echoes are endless.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for

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.

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

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

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

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

So many signatures for such a small heart.

So many signatures for such a small heart.

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mot

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in t

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. I do not agree with the big way of doing things.

Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my hig

Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.

Career Vocation

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meetin

There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

One must really have suffered oneself to help others.

One must really have suffered oneself to help others.

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live we

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.

If there are people who feel that God wants them to change t

If there are people who feel that God wants them to change the structures of society, that is something between them and their God. We must serve him in whatever way we are called. I am called to help the individual; to love each poor person. Not to deal with institutions. I am in no position to judge.

Reform Correction

Without out suffering, our work would just be social work, v

Without out suffering, our work would just be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the Redemption. All the desolation of the poor people, not only their material poverty, but their spiritual destitution, must be redeemed. And we must share it, for only by being one with them can we redeem them by bringing God into their lives and bringing them to God.

The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very oft

The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because they do not know them.

One filled with joy preaches without preaching.

One filled with joy preaches without preaching.

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

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

More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered on

More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.