"Do not let the past disturb you, just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and begin again with joy."
Mother Teresa
Missionary, Nun
Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun and missionary known for her humanitarian work, particularly in caring for the impoverished in India through her organization, the Missionaries of Charity.
- Born
- August 26, 1910
- Died
- September 5, 1997
- Quotes
- 878
- Rank
- #98
Quote collection
Mother Teresa quotes (page 16 of 44)
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"Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent. If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. If you are blamed you will not be discouraged. If they call you a saint you will not put yourself on a pedestal."
"The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it."
"Many people are concerned with children of India, with the children of Africa where quite a few die of hunger, and so on. Many people are also concerned about the violence in this great country of the United States. These concerns are very good. But often these same people are not concerned with the millions being killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers. And this is the greatest destroyer of peace today- abortion which brings people to such blindness."
"Every day I see Jesus Christ in all his distressing disguises."
"We cannot really know God if we do not pray."
"I am Albanian by birth. Now I am a citizen of India. I am also a Catholic nun. In my work, I belong to the whole world. But in my heart, I belong to Christ."
"Be humble like Mary so that you can be holy like Jesus"
"Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen."
"We realize that what we are accomplishing is a drop in the ocean. But if this drop were not in the ocean, it would be missed."
"Joy is strength- Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. She gives most who gives with Joy."
"I have come to realize more and more that the greatest disease and the greatest suffering is to be unwanted, unloved, uncared for, to be shunned by everybody, to be just nobody."
"There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness, and this is the great poverty that makes people suffer so much."
"Words lead to deeds, they prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness."
"Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet especially your family. Be holy let us pray."
"Silence gives us a new way of looking at something."
"Love means to be willing to give until it hurts."
"Prayer is the breath of life to our soul; holiness is impossible without it"
"Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary."
"Have a great compassion for people. To be able to have a heart full of compassion, we need to pray. Especially be kind, be loving to the poor. We think we do so much for the poor, but it is they who make us rich. We are in debt to them. Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance."