"Try to put in the hearts of your children a love for home. Make them long to be with their families. So much sin could be avoided if our people really loved their homes."
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 33 of 44)
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"It's not about how much you do, but how much love you put into what you do that counts. Life isn't worth living, unless lived for other people."
"In the poorest of the poor we see Jesus in distressed guise."
"If abortion isn't wrong, then nothing is wrong."
"Love - the more you share with others, the more you have."
"Nobody can convert you except God."
"If you cannot feed one hundred hungry people, then just feed one really well."
"Joy is prayer; joy is strength, joy is love. God loves a cheerful giver. The best way we can show our gratitude to God and the people is to accept everything with joy."
"Life is not worth living unless it is lived for others."
"I have never had clarity; what I have always had is trust. So I will pray that you will trust God."
"God is never late, but rarely early."
"It's only a drop in the ocean - but the ocean wouldn't be the same without that drop."
"Let us be very sincere in our dealings with each other, and have the courage to accept each other as we are. Do not be surprised or become preoccupied at each other's failures - rather, see and find in each other the good, for each one of us is created in the image of God."
"Prayer feeds the soul - as blood is to the body, prayer is to the soul - and it brings you closer to God."
"Let us preach you, Dear Jesus, without preaching.... not by words but by our example."
"They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one packet, maybe I share that packet with somebody who has not got even one cigarette, and that's the beginning of love, to give until it hurts."
"This is the meaning of true love, to give until it hurts."
"True love is love that causes us pain, that hurts, and yet brings us joy. That is why we must pray to God and ask Him to give us the courage to love"
"They too, are created by the same loving hand of God which Created us...It is our duty to Protect Them and to promote their well-being."
"Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it."