Mother Teresa Quotes

Everything that is not given is lost.

She suffers and she laughs.

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

We must never forget that we are bound toward perfection and should aim ceaselessly at it.

You learn humility only by accepting humiliations. And you will meet humiliation all through your life. The greatest humiliation is to know that you are nothing. This you come to know when you face God in prayer.

Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.

We are misunderstood, we are misrepresented, we are misreported. We are not nurses, we are not doctors, we are not teachers, we are not social workers. We are religious, we are religious, we are religious.

Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Speak in a low, persuasive tone. Listen; be teachable. Laugh at good stories and learn to tell them...For as long as you are green, you can grow.

we cannot give what we have not got

prayer is necessary to reach that goal. Because it is the breath of life to our soul, holiness is impossible without it.

People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.

In order to survive, love has to be nourished by sacrifices. The words of Jesus, ‘Love one another as I have loved you,’ must be not only a light to us but a flame that consumes the self in us.

You may be exhausted with work, you may even kill yourself, but unless your work is interwoven with love, it is useless. To work without love is slavery.

Loneliness is the leprosy of the modern world.

A way of satisfying our brethrens' hunger is to share with them whatever we have - to share with them until we ourselves feel what they feel.