Mother Teresa Quotes

Enjoy our collection of quotes by famous people like Mother Teresa. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. We hope you enjoy these quotes by Mother Teresa as one of the famous people. Here is one of our favorites, "I do not pray for success. I ask for faithfulness." by Mother Teresa.


The dying, the cripple, the mental, the unwanted, the unloved-- they are Jesus in disguise.
Mother Teresa

Love is doing small things with great love.
Mother Teresa

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. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
Mother Teresa

Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to person.
Mother Teresa

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Mother Teresa

The poor give us much more than we give them. They're such strong people, living day to day with no food. and they never curse, never complain. We don't have to give them pity or sympathy. We have so much to learn from them.
Mother Teresa

There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives--the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them.
Mother Teresa

It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.
Mother Teresa

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.
Mother Teresa






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