Quotes by Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa (1910–1997) — Ordensgründerin · Katholisch · Indien

Mutter Teresa (1910–1997) war eine katholische Ordensschwester albanischer Herkunft, die in Kalkutta die Kongregation der „Missionarinnen der Nächstenliebe“ gründete und sich der Fürsorge für mittellose Sterbende und Ausgestoßene widmete. Weltweit bekannt wurde sie als Symbol radikaler Nächstenliebe und Friedensnobelpreisträgerin, stand jedoch auch wegen mangelhafter medizinischer Standards in ihren Sterbehäusern sowie intransparenter Finanzen in der Kritik. Bibellesern veranschaulicht sie den tätigen Dienst an den Ärmsten als Christusbegegnung, wirft aber zugleich Fragen nach dem Umgang mit Leid und institutioneller Verantwortung auf.

Era: The 20th Century

Recurring topics: Service & Love of Neighbour, Love, Prayer & Silence, Ethical Questions, Humility & Pride, Faith & Trust, Discipleship, Witness & Mission

Quotes by Mother Teresa

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
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We cannot do great things on this earth, only small things with great love.
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God has not called us to success, only to faithfulness.
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I am just a small cable - God is the current.
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I would rather you make mistakes and be kind than work miracles and be unkind.
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At first I thought I had to convert. Meanwhile I have learned that my task is to love. And love converts whomever it wills.
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God is the friend of silence. See how trees, flowers and grass grow in silence! See how the stars, the moon and the sun move in silence!
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I never worry about crowds, only about one person. If I looked at the crowds, I would never begin.
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I’m a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.
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The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow. Do good anyway.
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The worst hunger can be the hunger to be noticed and loved.
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My banker is the good Lord. He sees to it that there is always something.
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Whoever is full of joy preaches without preaching.
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You will see - in the end, it is all a matter between you and God. Not between you and people.
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Give the world the best you have - it will not be enough. Still - keep giving your best.
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What you have built over years, people can destroy overnight. Keep building anyway.
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Peace begins with a smile. Smile five times a day at someone you don't feel like smiling at: do it for the sake of peace.
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There are many people who can do great things. But there are very few people willing to do the small things.
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Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the worst poverty.
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Your help is genuinely needed, but people may attack you when you help them — help them anyway.
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God does not look at how much we do, but at how much love we put into what we do.
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We fight abortion with adoption. With God's grace we will succeed. God blessed our work. We have saved thousands of children; they have found a home where they are loved, where they are wanted, where they have brought joy.
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Live simply so others may simply live.
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When you have nothing left but God, you have more than enough to start over again.
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If you are honest and frank people will try to cheat you: Be honest anyway.
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The poverty of being unwanted and unloved can be harder to relieve than material lack.
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The fruit of prayer is faith; from faith grows love, from love service, from service peace.
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Remember this. I can do something that you cannot do. And you can do something that I cannot do. But both of us must do it.
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You can pray while you work. Work doesn't stop prayer, and prayer doesn't stop work.
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Prayer benefits the whole world, for peace begins at home and in our own hearts. How can we bring peace to the world if we have no peace within ourselves?
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How do you pray? You should go to God like a small child. A child has no trouble expressing its feelings in simple words that say so much.
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Praying widens the heart until it is large enough to receive God's gift, namely himself.
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What you do, I may not be able to do. What I do, you may not be able to do. But together we all do something beautiful for God.
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I believe the less we possess, the more we have to give. And the more we possess, the less we are able to give.
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The waning of strength is an aid to praying better. Relaxation drives the cobwebs from the mind.
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Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, tenderness in your eyes, love in your smile, warmth in your greeting.
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Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is someone who needs you. That is your chance.
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When you know how much God loves you, you can only live by radiating that love.
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True holiness consists in doing the will of God with a smile.
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Every time we let God love others through us, it is Christmas ... yes, it becomes Christmas every time we smile at our brother and reach out our hand to him.
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