Mother Teresa

Country India
Born Saturday, 27 August 1910
Category Social Activists
Quotes 306
Mother Teresa, a legend in her own life time who devoted her life to loving and caring of those persons to whom nobody was prepared to look after. She set up The Missionaries of Charity, Nirmal Hriday, home for lepers, orphans and abandoned children. The work of Mother Teresa is spread all over the world today.
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It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed. Uncategorized
When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. Uncategorized
I was to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them. Uncategorized
I heard the call to give up all and follow Christ into the slums to serve Him among the poorest of the poor. It was an order Uncategorized
Make us worthy, Lord, to serve those people throughout the world who live and die in poverty and hunger. Give them through our hands, this day, their daily bread, and by our understanding love, give them peace and joy. Uncategorized
"There are so many religions and each one has its different ways of following God. I follow Christ: Jesus is my God, Jesus is my Spouse, Jesus is my Life, Jesus is my only Love, Jesus is my All in All; Jesus is my Everything." Uncategorized
"There is only one God and He is God to all; therefore it is important that everyone is seen as equal before God. I’ve always said we should help a Hindu become a better Hindu, a Muslim become a better Muslim, a Catholic become a better Catholic. We believe our work should be our example to people. We have among us 475 souls - 30 families are Catholics and the rest are all Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs—all different religions. But they all come to our prayers." Uncategorized
"Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength." Uncategorized
"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin." Uncategorized
"When once a chairman of a multinational company came to see me, to offer me a property in Bombay, he first asked: ‘Mother, how do you manage your budget?" I asked him who had sent him here. He replied: ‘I felt an urge inside me.’ I said: other people like you come to see me and say the same. It was clear God sent you, Mr. A, as He sends Mr. X, Mrs. Y, Miss Z, and they provide the material means we need for our work. The grace of God is what moved you. You are my budget. God sees to our needs, as Jesus promised. I accepted the property he gave and named it Asha Dan (Gift of Hope). Uncategorized
"I once picked up a woman from a garbage dump and she was burning with fever; she was in her last days and her only lament was: ‘My son did this to me.’ I begged her: You must forgive your son. In a moment of madness, when he was not himself, he did a thing he regrets. Be a mother to him, forgive him. It took me a long time to make her say: ‘I forgive my son.’ Just before she died in my arms, she was able to say that with a real forgiveness. She was not concerned that she was dying. The breaking of the heart was that her son did not want her. This is something you and I can understand." Uncategorized
"Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet especially your family. Be holy – let us pray." Uncategorized
“Peace begins with a smile..” ― Mother Teresa Uncategorized
“I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.” ― Mother Teresa Uncategorized
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” ― Mother Teresa Uncategorized
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to one another” Uncategorized
“People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway. You see, in the final analysis it is between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway.” Uncategorized
“As soon as we take the enfleshment of God, the incarnation which, for Christians, is represented by the person of Jesus Christ, then we start taking things seriously.” Uncategorized
“We can not do great things on this earth. We can only do small things with great love.” Uncategorized
“Life's a song,sing it” Uncategorized