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Famous Mother Teresa Quotes
“We serve life, not because it is broken, but because it is holy.”
“If you cannot feed one hundred hungry people, then just feed one really well.”
“What we need is love without getting tired.”
Source: No Greater Love, Commemorative Edition
“You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see.”
“Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen.”
Source: No Greater Love, Commemorative Edition
Source: A Simple Path-Open Market
“The poorest of the poor are those who feel that they are unloved.”
“If you are successful, you will win some false friends & some true enemies: Succeed anyway”
“Never Let Anyone Come to You Without Coming Away Better and Happier”
“Do ordinary things with extraordinary love.”
Source: Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others
“If you hold an anti-war rally, I shall not attend. But if you hold a Pro-Peace rally invite me.”
“In the end, dear friend, it is always between us and God, not between us and them.”
“If you want to have world peace, go to your house and love your family.”
“God speaks in the silence of the heart.”
Source: The Best Gift is Love: Meditations
Source: Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others
“People crave attention and appreciation more than they do bread.”
Source: Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others
“There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter.”
“If each of us would only sweep our own doorstep, the whole World would be clean.”
“Serve God joyfully. Let there be no sadness in your life: the only true sorrow is sin.”
“Whatever religion we are, we must pray together.”
Source: A Simple Path
“A clean heart can see God, can speak to God, and can see the love of God in others.”
Source: A Simple Path-Open Market
Source: No Greater Love, Commemorative Edition
Source: In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories & Prayers
Source: No Greater Love, Commemorative Edition
“Gandhi felt fascinated at knowing Christ. He met Christians, and felt let down.”
“I belong to Jesus. He must have the right to use me without consulting me.”
“The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action.”
Source: Mother Teresa: Contemplative in the Heart of the World
“God didn't call me to be successful, He called me to be faithful.”