Mother Teresa Quotes

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhui, known worldwide as our beloved Mother Teresa was famous all over the world as a humanitarian who worked for the betterment of the downtrodden people and those who suffered from poverty. Such was her commitment towards the poor that her efforts to improve their lives won her a Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Her humanitarian work was widespread and she began work towards this direction when she first saw the alarming side of poverty in Kolkata, India. This amazing lady thus founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. Throughout her life, she has served the poor and always worked towards an improvement of their quality of life. Although Mother Teresa may not be present today; her words of wisdom are still ringing in the ears of people who follow her ideals and principles. Here is a look at these pearls of wisdom from the very revered Mother Teresa. Read on for exclusively selected Mother Teresa quotes, which should give you an insight into her ways of thinking.

Mother Teresa Quotes:
Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.

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.

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

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Peace begins with a smile.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive.

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.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.