Mother Teresa Quotes

Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)

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Saint Mother Teresa, also known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), born Anjezë Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was an Albanian-born Indian citizen, Roman Catholic Sister, and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

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Native Name: Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu

Alternative Names: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu • Blessed Teresa of Calcutta • Saint Teresa of Calcutta • Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu

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Orang kerap kali tak bernalar, tak logis, dan egois. Biar begitu maafkanlah mereka.

Bila engkau baik, orang mungkin akan menuduhmu menyembunyikan motif yang egois. Biar begitu, tetaplah bersikap baik.

Bila engkau mendapat sukses, engkau mungkin bakal pula mendapat teman-teman palsu dan musuh. Biar begitu, tetaplah meraih sukses.

Bila engkau jujur dan berterus terang, orang mungkin akan menipumu. Biar begitu, tetaplah jujur dan berterus terang.

Apa yang engkau bangun selama bertahun-tahun mungkin akan dihancurkan seseorang dalam semalam. Biar begitu, tetaplah membangun.

Bila engkau menemukan ketenangan dan kebahagiaan, orang mungkin akan iri. Biar begitu, tetaplah berbahagia.

Kebaikan yang engkau lakukan hari ini sering bakal dilupakan orang keesokan harinya. Biar begitu, tetaplah lakukan kebaikan.

Berikan pada dunia milikmu yang terbaik, dan mungkin itu tak akan pernah cukup. Biar begitu, tetaplah berikan pada dunia milikmu yang terbaik.

Apread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever leave you without being happier.

It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.

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

When we come face to face with God, we are going to be judged on how much we loved.

With St. Ignatius47 you may add: My only wish and desire, the one thing I humbly crave to have is the grace to love God, to love Him alone. Beyond that I ask for nothing more.

Sorrow, suffering, Eileen, is but a kiss of Jesus — a sign that you have come so close to Jesus that He can kiss you. — I think this is the most beautiful definition of suffering. — So let us be happy when Jesus stoops down to kiss us. — I hope we are close enough that He can do it.33

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.

Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your own weakness.

We must never get into the habit of being preoccupied with the future. There is no reason to do so; God is there.

At the hour of death when we come face-to-face with God, we are going to be judged on love; not how much we have done, but how much love we put into the doing.

Work without love is slavery.

It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.

I never get mixed up in what governments should or should not do. Instead of spending time [on] those questions, I say, “Let me do [something] now.

"Humility is truth, therefore in all sincerity we must be able to look up and say, "I can do all things in Him who strengthens me." By yourself you can do nothing, have nothing but sin, weakness and misery. All the gifts of nature and grace you have them from God."