60+ Best Quotes by Mother Teresa part 1 of 5 | God’s Love & Faithfulness

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:

1. "Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."


2. “I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like,
   but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us,
   he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?'
   rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?”


3. “Jesus said love one another. He didn’t say love the whole world.”


4. “True love is love that causes us pain, that hurts, and yet brings us joy.
   That is why we must pray to God and ask Him to give us the courage to love.”


5. "God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that you try."


6. “I know God won’t give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish he didn’t trust me so much.”


7. “I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.”


8. “Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.”


9. “We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.”


10. “There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter.”


11. “God has not called me to be successful. He has called me to be faithful.”


12. “It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself.”


13. “You will never truly realize God is all you need until He becomes all you have.”


14. “Yes, you must live life beautifully and not allow the spirit of the world that makes gods out of power, riches, and pleasure make you to forget that you have been created for greater things.”

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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