Top 500 Mother Teresa Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “Every day I see Jesus Christ in all his distressing disguises.”

— Mother Teresa

152. “It’s only a drop in the ocean – but the ocean wouldn’t be the same without that drop.”

— Mother Teresa

153. “If you hold an anti-war rally, I shall not attend. But if you hold a Pro-Peace rally invite me.”

— Mother Teresa

154. “Seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, all the time, and his hand in every happening; This is what it means to be contemplative in the heart of the world. Seeing and adoring the presence of Jesus, especially in the lowly appearance of bread, and in the distressing disguise of the poor.”

— Mother Teresa

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

— Mother Teresa

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

— Mother Teresa

157. “I fear just one thing : Money! Greed was what motivated Judas to sell Jesus.”

— Mother Teresa

158. “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.”

— Mother Teresa

159. “I will not pray clarity for you. Clarity is the crutch of the Christian. But I will pray trust for you, that your trust will increase.”

— Mother Teresa

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

— Mother Teresa

161. “Don’t expect your friend to be a perfect person. Help your friend to become a perfect person. That is true friendship.”

— Mother Teresa

162. “Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world. What you see reflects your thinking. And your thinking but reflects your choice of what you want to see. If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”

— Mother Teresa

163. “Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen.”

— Mother Teresa

164. “Be faithful in the little things, for in them our strength lies. To the good God nothing is little, because He is so great and we are so small.”

— Mother Teresa

165. “There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.”

— Mother Teresa

166. “I always begin my prayer in silence, for it is in the silence of the heart that God speaks. God is the friend of silence-we need to listen to God because it’s not what we say but what He says to us and through us that matters.”

— Mother Teresa

167. “Do not let the past disturb you, just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and begin again with joy.”

— Mother Teresa

168. “We are all pencils in the hand of God.”

— Mother Teresa

169. “It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.”

— Mother Teresa

170. “People are not hungry just for bread, they are hungry for love.”

— Mother Teresa

171. “Life is beauty admire it!”

— Mother Teresa

172. “There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love.”

— Mother Teresa

173. “People who love each other fully and truly are the happiest people in the world. They may have little, they may have nothing, but they are happy people. Everything depends on how we love one another.”

— Mother Teresa

174. “Life is a promise; fulfill it.”

— Mother Teresa

175. “Holiness grows so fast where there is kindness. The world is lost for want of sweetness and kindness. Do not forget we need each other.”

— Mother Teresa

176. “God loves the world through us.”

— Mother Teresa

177. “Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other-that man, that woman, that child is my brother or my sister. If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we would still need tanks and generals?”

— Mother Teresa

178. “Abortion kills twice. It kills the body of the baby and it kills the conscience of the mother. Abortion is profoundly anti-women. Three quarters of its victims are women: Half the babies and all the mothers.”

— Mother Teresa

179. “I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper’s wounds I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?”

— Mother Teresa

180. “I have never had clarity; what I have always had is trust. So I will pray that you will trust God.”

— Mother Teresa

181. “Do you want to be great? Pick up a broom and sweep the floor.”

— Mother Teresa

182. “We are not social workers. We are contemplatives in the heart of the world.”

— Mother Teresa

183. “A day lived without doing something good for others is a day not worth living.”

— Mother Teresa

184. “If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.”

— Mother Teresa

185. “There’s nothing more calming in difficult moments that knowing there’s some one fighting with you.”

— Mother Teresa

186. “I see God in every human being.”

— Mother Teresa

187. “I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there.”

— Mother Teresa

188. “Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.”

— Mother Teresa

189. “If you ever feel distressed during your day – call upon our Lady – just say this simple prayer: ‘Mary, Mother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now.’ I must admit – this prayer has never failed me.”

— Mother Teresa

190. “We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly.”

— Mother Teresa

191. “Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.”

— Mother Teresa

192. “Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give the world your best anyway.”

— Mother Teresa

193. “Where does love begin? In our own homes. When does it begin? When we pray together. The family that prays together stays together.”

— Mother Teresa

194. “Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration with exposition needs a great push. People ask me: ‘What will convert America and save the world?’ My answer is prayer. What we need is for every parish to come before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in holy hours of prayer.”

— Mother Teresa

195. “Prayer to be fruitful must come from the heart and must be able to touch the heart of God.”

— Mother Teresa

196. “Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength.”

— Mother Teresa

197. “I am only a little pencil in the hand of our Lord. He may cut or sharpen the pencil. He may write or draw whatever and whenever he wants. If the writing or drawing is good, we do not honor the pencil or the material that is used, but rather the one who used it.”

— Mother Teresa

198. “Love cannot remain by itself – it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.”

— Mother Teresa

199. “Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a great thing.”

— Mother Teresa

200. “Following Jesus is simple, but not easy. Love until it hurts, and then love more.”

— Mother Teresa