Quotes from Mother Teresa
A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in his love than in your weakness.
- Mother Teresa
May God break my heart so completely that the whole world falls in.
- Mother Teresa
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
I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.
- Mother Teresa
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
- Mother Teresa
Work without love is slavery.
- Mother Teresa
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
- Mother Teresa
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
- Mother Teresa
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.
- Mother Teresa
If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
- Mother Teresa
One filled with joy preaches without preaching.
- Mother Teresa
Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.
- Mother Teresa