Mother Teresa quotes

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

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

— Mother Teresa

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

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

— Mother Teresa

 quotes - Peace begins with a smile.

“Peace begins with a smile.”

— Mother Teresa

 quotes - I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”

— Mother Teresa

 quotes - Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

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

— Mother Teresa

 quotes - The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

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

— Mother Teresa

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

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

— Mother Teresa

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

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

— Mother Teresa

 quotes - Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”

— Mother Teresa

 quotes - Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.

“Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.”

— Mother Teresa

 quotes - Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”

— Mother Teresa

 quotes - Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.”

— Mother Teresa

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

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

— Mother Teresa

 quotes - Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.

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

— Mother Teresa

 quotes - Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

“Intense love does not measure, it just gives.”

— Mother Teresa

 quotes - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.”

— Mother Teresa

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

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

— Mother Teresa

 quotes - Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.

“Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.”

— Mother Teresa

 quotes - One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

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

— Mother Teresa

“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.”

— Mother Teresa

“Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.”

— Mother Teresa

“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.”

— Mother Teresa

“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.”

— Mother Teresa

“I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?”

— Mother Teresa

“If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.”

— Mother Teresa

“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.”

— Mother Teresa

“Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.”

— Mother Teresa

“Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.”

— Mother Teresa

“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.”

— 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.”

— Mother Teresa