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76 Powerful Quotes By Mother Teresa To Inspire You To Become A Better Person

Famous As: Roman Catholic Nun, Founder and Active Member of the ‘Missionaries of Charity’
Born On: August 26, 1910
Died On: September 5, 1997
Born In: Skopje, North Macedonia
Died At Age: 87

Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, who became known the world over by the name Mother Teresa, was a missionary and nun of the Roman Catholic Church from Albania but worked in Kolkata, India for the major part of her life. She was known all over the world for having founded the Missionaries of Charity and the organisation eventually went on to have active branches in more than 100 countries. She was born in 1910 and by the time she was 18 years old, she went to Ireland in order to learn English so that she could become a teacher. She arrived in India as a teacher and after witnessing the poverty and suffering of the people in Kolkata, she started working as a missionary in 1948. Throughout her life, Mother Teresa worked tirelessly to work with the poorest of the poor and provided them with medical assistance in Kolkata as donations poured in from all across the world. She became a symbol of compassion and self-sacrifice all across the world, while at the same time some of her religious beliefs attracted criticism from certain quarters. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Here are some famous quotes by her.

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

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

Mother Teresa
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.

Mother Teresa
Peace begins with a smile..

Peace begins with a smile..

Mother Teresa
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

Mother Teresa
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

Mother Teresa
Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Mother Teresa
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Mother Teresa
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.

Mother Teresa
The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.

The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.

Mother Teresa
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
What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.

Mother Teresa
God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.

God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.

Mother Teresa
It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.

It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.

Mother Teresa
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.

Mother Teresa
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
Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.

Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.

Mother Teresa
Live simply so others may simply live.

Live simply so others may simply live.

Mother Teresa
I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.

I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.

Mother Teresa
Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.

Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.

Mother Teresa
If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

Mother Teresa
I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.

I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.

Mother Teresa
We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.

We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.

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

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

Mother Teresa
A life not lived for others is not a life.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

Mother Teresa
The Simple Path
Silence is Prayer
Prayer is Faith
Faith is Love
Love is Service
The Fruit of Service is Peace

The Simple Path Silence is Prayer Prayer is Faith Faith is Love Love is Service The Fruit of Service is Peace

Mother Teresa
It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.

It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.

Mother Teresa
Work without love is slavery.

Work without love is slavery.

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

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

Mother Teresa
Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.

Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.

Mother Teresa
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