Mother Teresa Quotes (88+)

Enjoy the best Mother Teresa Quotes. Quotations by Mother Teresa (Albanian-Indian Catholic Nun)
Aug 26, 1910 - Sep 05, 1997

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them.

Love is not something you feel. It's something you do.

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.

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough; money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.

In this life, we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.

Love is a fruit in season at all times and within the reach of every hand.

Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity; it is about love. Charity and love are the same—with charity, you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.

We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love.

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked, and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for is the greatest poverty.

I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.

God has not called me to be successful. He has called me to be faithful.

It's not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.

About the Author

Saint Mother Teresa (1910–1997) was a Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun and missionary. Her life was dedicated to the service of the poor and dying in Calcutta through her order, the Missionaries of Charity, becoming a global symbol of compassion.