Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu(born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), honored in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary.
In 1950, Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation that had over 4,500 nuns and was active in 133 countries in 2012. The congregation manages homes for people who are dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis. It also runs soup kitchens, dispensaries, mobile clinics, children's and family counselling programmes, as well as orphanages and schools. Members take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, and also profess a fourth vow – to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor."
Mother Teresa was an inspiration to countless millions for her lifelong devotion to the neediest and most vulnerable of the world. The selflessness and sacrifice with which she lived her own life made her an international symbol of charitable work, and the love and compassion she showed the destitute of all faiths received a number of honors, including the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. She was canonised on 4 September 2016, and the anniversary of her death (5 September) is her feast day.
Mother Teresa's Quotes:
- “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
- “Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.”
- “Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”
- “We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.”
- “Joy is prayer; joy is strength; joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.”
- “Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.”
- “It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.”
- “It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.”
- “Intense love does not measure, it just gives.”
- “True love is giving and giving until it hurts.”
- “I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”
- “Love cannot remain by itself – it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service.”
- “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
- “Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.”
- “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”
60+ Best Quotes by Mother Teresa:
Part 1: God’s Love & Faithfulness
Part 2: Hunger and Poverty
Part 3: Life Quotes
Part 4: Quotes on Love
Part 5: Kindness and Generosity
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