Mother Teresa Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did? — Mother Teresa

We can do more for the peace just by changing our thoughts. Be an example of compassion and kindness like Mother Teresa. We all can do that without harming anyone. — Debasish Mridha

In the final analysis it is between you and God, it was never between you and them anyway. — Mother Teresa

What has God given you? Moses had a stick, David had a slingshot, and Paul had a pen. Mother
Teresa possessed a love for the poor; Billy Graham, a gift for preaching; and Joni Eareckson
Tada, a disability. What did they have in common? A willingness to let God use whatever they
had, even when it didn't seem very useful. If you will assess what you have to offer in terms
of your time, your treasure, and your talents, you will have a better understanding of how you
might uniquely serve. — Richard Stearns

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. — Mother Teresa

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion. — Mother Teresa

If I look at the mass I will never act. — Mother Teresa

It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love is put in the giving. — Mother Teresa

Life is a game, play it. — Mother Teresa

I will never attend an anti-war rally; if you have a peace rally, invite me. — Mother Teresa

Let Him empty and transform you ;and afterwards fill the chalice of your hearts to the brim, that you in your turn, may give of your abundance. Seek Him. Knowledge will make you strong as death. Love Him trustfully without looking back, without fear. Believe that Jesus and Jesus alone is life. Serve Jesus, casting aside and forgetting all that troubles or worries you, make loved the love that is not loved. — Mother Teresa

We think we do so much for the poor, but it is they who make us rich — Mother Teresa

If you are joyful, do not worry about lukewarmness. Joy will shine in your eyes and in your look, in your conversation and in your countenance. You will not be able to hide it because joy overflows. — Mother Teresa

To fear is to expect punishment. To love is to know we are immersed not in darkness, but in light. — Mother Teresa

I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love. — Mother Teresa

Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give the world your best anyway. — Mother Teresa

There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things. — Mother Teresa

There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives - the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them. — Mother Teresa

Let us all smile at each other for a smile is the beginning of love. — Mother Teresa

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. — Mother Teresa

Prayer is the mortar that holds our house together. — Mother Teresa

Peace begins with a smile.. — Mother Teresa

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents.
Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world. — Mother Teresa

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others. — Mother Teresa

There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those. — Mother Teresa

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; give the world the best you've got anyway. — Mother Teresa

God hasn't called us to be successful, just faithful. — Mother Teresa

I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness. — Mother Teresa

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Never permit me to disgrace my high vocation by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience. — Mother Teresa

I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness. — Mother Teresa

The first step to becoming is to will it — Mother Teresa

Be humble and kind. Kindness has power in it. Look at Mother Teresa, the truest example of kindness. She was humble, kind, and fragile yet she was also a symbol of power. I have never heard of a woman more powerful than her. When we hear name, we must bow our heads with deep respect. — Debasish Mridha

A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. 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 weakness. — Mother Teresa

In this world, there is no clarity. There is only love and action. — Mother Teresa