Mother Teresa Quotes (88+)

Love cannot remain by itself—it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering, too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.

If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive.

Give, but give until it hurts.

If you are humble, nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

If we 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.

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in—that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

I see Jesus in every human being. I say to myself, this is hungry Jesus, I must feed him. This is sick Jesus. This one has leprosy or gangrene; I must wash him and tend to him. I serve because I love Jesus.

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