Top 500 Mother Teresa Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “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.”

— Mother Teresa

102. “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

103. “One thing will always secure heaven for us-the acts of charity and kindness with which we have filled our lives. We can do no great things, only small things with great love.”

— Mother Teresa

104. “If I look at the mass I will never act.”

— Mother Teresa

105. “The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action.”

— Mother Teresa

106. “The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.”

— Mother Teresa

107. “I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.”

— Mother Teresa

108. “Jesus, I love you. Jesus, I love you.”

— Mother Teresa

109. “There is no key to happiness; the door is always open.”

— Mother Teresa

110. “Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.”

— Mother Teresa

111. “There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone’s house. That says enough.”

— Mother Teresa

112. “My secret is simple – I pray.”

— Mother Teresa

113. “Only humility will lead us to unity, and unity to peace.”

— Mother Teresa

114. “Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it.”

— Mother Teresa

115. “It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.”

— Mother Teresa

116. “Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being’s entitlement by virtue of his humanity.”

— Mother Teresa

117. “The greatest good is what we do for others.”

— Mother Teresa

118. “One thing that I ask of you: Never be afraid of giving. There is a deep joy in giving, since what we receive is much more than what we give.”

— Mother Teresa

119. “Love cannot remain by itself – it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service. Whatever form we are, able or disabled, rich or poor, it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing; a lifelong sharing of love with others.”

— Mother Teresa

120. “If each of us would only sweep our own doorstep, the whole World would be clean.”

— Mother Teresa

121. “The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small.”

— Mother Teresa

122. “I am a little pencil in God’s hands. He does the thinking. He does the writing. He does everything and sometimes it is really hard because it is a broken pencil and He has to sharpen it a little more.”

— Mother Teresa

123. “Love until it hurts. Real love is always painful and hurts: then it is real and pure.”

— Mother Teresa

124. “If I ever become a Saint – I will surely be one of “darkness.” I will continually be absent from heaven – to light the light of those in darkness on earth.”

— Mother Teresa

125. “Do not worry about your career. Concern yourself with your vocation, and that is to be lovers of Jesus.”

— Mother Teresa

126. “To love others as God loves you, that is the measure of success.”

— Mother Teresa

127. “Be a living expression of God’s kindness.”

— Mother Teresa

128. “I am nothing; I am but an instrument, a tiny pencil in the hands of the Lord with which He writes what he likes. However imperfect we are, he writes beautifully.”

— Mother Teresa

129. “Saints are only sinners who keep trying.”

— Mother Teresa

130. “Gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.”

— Mother Teresa

131. “When you know how much God is in love with you then you can only live your life radiating that love.”

— Mother Teresa

132. “The child is the beauty of God present in the world, that greatest gift to a family.”

— Mother Teresa

133. “The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.”

— Mother Teresa

134. “Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.”

— Mother Teresa

135. “Just show up and things will happen.”

— Mother Teresa

136. “Charity isn’t about pity, it is about love.”

— Mother Teresa

137. “Life is not worth living unless it is lived for others.”

— Mother Teresa

138. “There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter.”

— Mother Teresa

139. “Speak tenderly; let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don’t only give your care, but give your heart as well.”

— Mother Teresa

140. “Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me.”

— Mother Teresa

141. “Be faithful in the little things.”

— Mother Teresa

142. “Everybody has something good inside them. Some hide it, some neglect it, but it is there.”

— Mother Teresa

143. “Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people.”

— Mother Teresa

144. “A smile is the beginning of peace.”

— Mother Teresa

145. “A joyful heart is like the sunshine of God’s love, the hope of eternal happiness.”

— Mother Teresa

146. “Be humble like Mary so that you can be holy like Jesus.”

— Mother Teresa

147. “We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.”

— Mother Teresa

148. “At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God’s own love and concern.”

— Mother Teresa

149. “The openness of our hearts and minds can be measured by how wide we draw the circle of what we call family.”

— Mother Teresa

150. “Justice without love is not justice. Love without justice is not love.”

— Mother Teresa