Mother Teresa quotes

Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun and missionary, renowned for her humanitarian work with the poor in Kolkata, India. Her compassion and dedication earned her global recognition and a Nobel Peace Prize. She inspired millions with her selfless service and unwavering commitment to helping those in need. Here are 143 of her quotes:

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. (Mother Teresa)
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. View quote
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Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. View quote
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The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted. View quote
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If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. View quote
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The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. View quote
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We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love. View quote
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It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. View quote
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The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway! View quote
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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. View quote
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Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. (Mother Teresa)
I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love. View quote
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I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God. View quote
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We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love. View quote
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Suffering can become a means to greater love and greater generosity. View quote
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Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart. View quote
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If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. View quote
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I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I don't 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. View quote
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People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway. View quote
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Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile. View quote
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Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. (Mother Teresa)
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls. View quote
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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. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty. View quote
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If you find serenity and happiness, some people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. View quote
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Intense love does not measure, it just gives. View quote
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Mother Teresa

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Occupation: Albanian Saint
Born: August 26, 1910
Died: September 5, 1997
Quotes count: 143
Wikipedia: Mother Teresa

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