"What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family."
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 3 of 44)
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"Whatever our religion, we know that if we really want to love, we must first learn to forgive before anything else."
"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."
"Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home."
"Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do."
"There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter."
"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."
"Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand."
"Peace and war begin at home. If we truly want peace in the world, let us begin by loving one another in our own families. If we want to spread joy, we need for every family to have joy."
"Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty."
"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it"
"The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted."
"There are so many religions and each one has its different ways of following God. I follow Christ: Jesus is my God, Jesus is my Spouse, Jesus is my Life, Jesus is my only Love, Jesus is my All in All; Jesus is my Everything."
"We have only today. Let us begin"
"May today be peace within. May you trust your highest power that you are exactly where you are meant to be... May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you... May you be content knowing you are a child of God... Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise, and love. It is there for each and every one of you."
"Do ordinary things with extraordinary love."
"Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts."
"The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them."
"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."
"God didn't call me to be successful, He called me to be faithful."