Mother Teresa, also known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, devoted her life to serving the poor and the suffering. Her words continue to inspire millions around the world to live with kindness, humility, and compassion.
- “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
- “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”
- “Peace begins with a smile.”
- “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
- “Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.”
- “Do ordinary things with extraordinary love.”
- “Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.”
- “The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
- “We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.”
- “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”
- “I know God won’t give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish He didn’t trust me so much.”
- “Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God.”
- “Faith is a gift of God.”
- “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
- “When you know how much God is in love with you then you can only live your life radiating that love.”
- “Holiness is not the luxury of the few; it is a simple duty for you and me.”
- “Without God, we can do nothing.”
- “God has not called me to be successful; He has called me to be faithful.”
- “I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”
- “We need to find God, and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness.”
- “Love cannot remain by itself — it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service.”
- “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”
- “The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”
- “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”
- “Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.”
- “Give, but give until it hurts.”
- “We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for is the greatest poverty.”
- “Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.”
- “I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money.”
- “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.”
- “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
- “Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is life, fight for it.”
- “The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action.”
- “Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.”
- “If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive.”
- “Intense love does not measure, it just gives.”
- “Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.”
- “Work without love is slavery.”
- “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.”
- “There are no great things, only small things with great love.”
- “We need to find each other and we need to love each other.”
- “Humility is the mother of all virtues.”
- “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.”
- “Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.”
- “If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve.”
- “It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.”
- “We shall never know all the good that a simple prayer can do.”
- “The person who gives with a smile is the best giver.”
- “The less we have, the more we give. Seems absurd, but it’s the logic of love.”
- “True love is giving and giving until it hurts.”
Mother Teresa’s quotes remind us that even the smallest acts of love and kindness can have a lasting impact. Her wisdom is timeless and continues to inspire people to live with humility and selflessness. In a world often filled with division and struggle, her words are a beacon of light urging us to love more, give more, and serve more.
