Quotes from Mother Teresa
I believe in person to person; every person is Christ for me, and since there is only one Jesus, that person is only one person in the world for me at that moment.
- Mother Teresa
Without our suffering, our work would simply be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the Redemption.
- Mother Teresa
To be able to proclaim the Good News to the poor we must know what is poverty.
- Mother Teresa
Behold , I have graven you upon the palm of my hand, that is what Jesus came on earth to do: to proclaim, to give us the Good News that God loves us, that we are precious to Him.
- Mother Teresa
We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.
- Mother Teresa
Stay very close to Our Lady. If you do this, you can do great things for God and the good of people.
- Mother Teresa
Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.
- Mother Teresa
There is no key to happiness; the door is always open
- Mother Teresa
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
- Mother Teresa
Anybody who helps the poor is delighted.
- Mother Teresa
I think the world today is upside down, and is suffering so much, because there is so very little love in the homes and in family life.
- Mother Teresa
We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly.
- Mother Teresa