Mother Teresa quotes page 1

1910-1997, commonly known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Indian Roman Catholic nun,
winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
Mother Teresa

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

God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.
Mother Teresa

A life not lived for others is not a life.
Mother Teresa

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more
love.
Mother Teresa

I see God in every human being.
Mother Teresa

Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.
Mother Teresa

People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway.
Mother Teresa

Smile at each other. Smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at
each other; it doesn't matter who it is; and that will help to grow up in greater love for each
other.
Mother Teresa

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
Mother Teresa

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

I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never
do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.
Mother Teresa

How can there be too many children? That is like saying, there are too many flowers.
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

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.
Mother Teresa

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
Mother Teresa

I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.
Mother Teresa

Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and
not just a need to urge others to do something.
Mother Teresa

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Mother Teresa

Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.
Mother Teresa

Facing the press is more difficult than bathing a leper.
Mother Teresa

Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is
to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your
strength lies.
Mother Teresa

Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less. We will hear less.
Ironically, rush and more usually mean less.
Mother Teresa

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many
ripples.
Mother Teresa

Loneliness and the feeling of being uncared for and unwanted are the greatest poverty.
Mother Teresa

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
Mother Teresa

One filled with joy preaches without preaching.
Mother Teresa

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
Mother Teresa

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