1,029 Quotes by Mother Teresa

Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.

We should not serve the poor like they were Jesus. We should serve the poor because they are Jesus.

Let's do something beautiful for God.

If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own power. Your self-sufficiency, your selfishness and your intellectual pride will inhibit His coming to live in your heart because God cannot fill what is already full. It is as simple as that.

The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because they do not know them

When a poor person dies I want then to die in the arms of somebody who loves them. I want them to be able to look for the last time into the eyes of somebody who cares for them

If you try, you will find it impossible to do one great thing. You can only do many small things with great love.

The ocean is made of drops.

The other day I dreamed that I was at the gates of heaven. And St. Peter said, 'Go back to Earth, there are no slums up here.'