Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, commonly called Mother Teresa, and known in the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. Teresa received a number of honours, including the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. She was canonized (recognized by the church as a saint) on 4 September 2016, and the anniversary of her death (5 September) is her feast day. A controversial figure during her life and after her death, Teresa was admired by many for her charitable work.
Some of the best quotes from Mother Teresa are listed below.
- “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
- “At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made or how many great things we have done. We will be judged by; “I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless and you took me in.” – Mother Teresa
- “Be faithful in small things, because it is in them that your strength lies.” – Mother Teresa
- “Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.” – Mother Teresa
- “Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody. I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty, than the person who has nothing to eat.” – Mother Teresa
- “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” – Mother Teresa
- “Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” – Mother Teresa
- “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa
- “I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.” – Mother Teresa
- “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” – Mother Teresa
- “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” – Mother Teresa
- “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” – Mother Teresa
- “Intense love does not measure, it just gives.” – Mother Teresa
- “It’s a kingly act to assist the fallen.” – Mother Teresa
- “Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.” – Mother Teresa
- “Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” – Mother Teresa
- “Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.” – Mother Teresa
- “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa
- “Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, suffering are but the kiss of Jesus – a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you.” – Mother Teresa
- “Some people come into your life as lessons. Some come in your life as lessons.” – Mother Teresa
- “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” – Mother Teresa
- “The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.” – Mother Teresa
- “The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.” – Mother Teresa
- “The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.” – Mother Teresa
- “This is the meaning of true love, to give until it hurts.” – Mother Teresa
- “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.” – Mother Teresa
- “We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.” – Mother Teresa
- “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” – Mother Teresa
- “You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” – Mother Teresa
