The Power of Silent Service - Mother Teresa's Enduring Legacy
Born in 1910 in Skopje (now North Macedonia), Mother Teresa, born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, dedicated her life to serving the poorest of the poor. She arrived in India in 1929 and taught for years before experiencing a "call within a call" in 1946, which compelled her to leave the convent and live among the destitute in Calcutta's slums.
In 1950, she founded the Missionaries of Charity, an order focused on caring for those nobody else would. Her work expanded globally, providing hospices, orphanages, and centers for the sick and dying. She became a global icon of compassion, recognized for her unwavering commitment to human dignity.
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, she was canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta in 2016. While her methods sometimes attracted criticism, her profound impact on millions remains undeniable. Mother Teresa is universally remembered as a symbol of selfless charity and a powerful voice for the voiceless.
Mother Teresa's most powerful and inspiring quotes, categorized by theme for clarity.
On Love, Kindness, and Compassion
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
Love cannot remain by itself – it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service.
Intense love does not measure, it just gives.
On Service and Helping Others
It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.
I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Live simply so others may simply live.
Work without love is slavery.
At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by 'I was hungry and you gave me to eat, I was naked and you clothed me, I was homeless and you took me in.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
On Peace and Togetherness
Peace begins with a smile.
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.
I want you to be concerned about your next-door neighbor. Do you know your next-door neighbor?
Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them.
What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
On Faith and God
I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.
God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.
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.
If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.
Let nothing so disturb you, so frighten you. All things are passing. God alone is unchanging.
On Life and Perspective
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it.
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.
Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
There are no great things, only small things with great love.
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.
We fear the future because we are wasting today.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway.
A life not lived for others is not a life.
Short & Memorable Slogans of Mother Teresa
Do Small Things with Great Love.
Peace Begins with a Smile.
Not All of Us Can Do Great Things.
If You Judge People, You Have No Time to Love Them.
Let No One Ever Come to You Without Leaving Happier.
The Good You Do Today, May Be Forgotten Tomorrow. Do Good Anyway.
Work Without Love is Slavery.
I Am a Little Pencil in the Hand of God.
Live Simply So Others May Simply Live.
We Can Do No Great Things, Only Small Things with Great Love. (Full version)
Mother Teresa Slogans for Service & Action
If You Can't Feed a Hundred People, Feed Just One.
Help One Person at a Time.
Love Cannot Remain By Itself—It Has to Be Put Into Action.
Give Your Hands to Serve and Your Heart to Love.
What You Do For Yourself Alone Dies With You; What You Do For Others Remains.
Never Worry About Numbers.
Together We Can Do Something Wonderful.
The Hunger for Love is Much More Difficult to Remove Than the Hunger for Bread.
Mother Teresa Slogans for Unity & Compassion
If We Have No Peace, It Is Because We Have Forgotten We Belong to Each Other.
Spread Love Everywhere You Go.
The Greatest Disease is To Be Unwanted, Unloved.
We Belong to One Another.
Let Us Always Meet Each Other With a Smile.
Intense Love Does Not Measure, It Just Gives.
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