44 Memorable Mother Teresa Quotes To Live By
Mother Teresa was
considered one of the 20th Century's greatest humanitarians. She devoted her
life to caring for the sick and poor. She is the founder of the Order of the
Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to
helping the poor. Below are some of her memorable quotes:
1- "If you
judge people, you have no time to love them."
2- "Not all
of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."
3- "Peace
begins with a smile."
4- "Every
time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a
beautiful thing."
5- "Kind
words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
6- "The
most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved."
7- "Let no
one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living
expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes,
kindness in your smile."
8- "What
can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family."
9- "At the
end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how
much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be
judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and
you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in."
10- "I
alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to
create many ripples."
11- "The
hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for
bread."
12- "Live
simply so others may simply live."
13- "These
are the few ways we can practice humility:
To speak as
little as possible of one's self.
To mind one's
own business.
Not to want to
manage other people's affairs.
To avoid
curiosity.
To accept
contradictions and correction cheerfully.
To pass over the
mistakes of others.
To accept
insults and injuries.
To accept being
slighted, forgotten and disliked.
To be kind and
gentle even under provocation.
Never to stand
on one's dignity.
To choose always
the hardest."
14- "I can
do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great
things."
15- "A life
not lived for others is not a life."
16- "Do not
wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."
17- "If you
can't feed a hundred people, feed just one."
18- "Work
without love is slavery."
19- "Let us
always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of
love."
20- "Never
worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person
nearest you."
21- "Love
to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self."
22- "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."
23-
"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."
24- "Give,
but give until it hurts."
25- "Life
is a game, play it."
26- "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."
27- "There
are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will
do the small things."
28- "Be
happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more."
29- "It is easy to love the people far
away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a
cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of
someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where
our love for each other must start."
30- "Love
begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in
that action"
31- "What
you spend years building may be destroyed overnight; build it anyway."
32- "The
success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course
it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it
turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have
done."
33- "Spread
love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving
happier."
34- "The trees, the flowers, the plants
grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us
a new perspective."
35- "Joy is
strength."
36- "Discipline is the bridge
between goals and accomplishment."
37- "Each
of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission,
will disappear."
38- "Some
people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons."
39- "He who
is faultless does not care for the opinion of others."
40- "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."
41- "If we
want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp
burning, we have to keep putting oil in it."
42-
"There's nothing more calming in difficult moments that knowing there's
someone fighting with you."
43- "One
truly must have suffered oneself to help others."
44-
"Everything that is not given is lost."
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