100+ Inspirational Quotes from Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa, known for her selfless service to humanity, has left us with a treasure trove of wisdom through her moving words and inspiring quotes. Her powerful and compassionate messages inspire us daily to be kinder, more altruistic, and to seek peace and love in every situation. Here, we have compiled some of her most famous quotes under different themes to help you find encouragement and motivation in your own life journey.

Love Quotes

• "Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."
• "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."
• "Intense love does not measure, it just gives."
• "We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do."
• "The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."
• "I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."
• "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."
• "Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand."
• "We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion."
• "Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls."
• "Work without love is slavery."

Life Quotes

• "Life is a challenge, meet it."
• "Life is an opportunity, benefit from it."
• "Life is a beauty, admire it."
• "Life is a dream, realize it."
• "Life is a duty, complete it."
• "Life is a game, play it."
• "Life is precious, care for it."
• "Life is a song, sing it."
• "Life is a struggle, accept it."
• "Life is a tragedy, confront it."
• "Life is an adventure, dare it."
• "Life is luck, make it."

Kindness Quotes

• "Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier."
• "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."
• "It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving."
• "If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
• "Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted."
• "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
• "The fruit of faith is love, and the fruit of love is service."
• "Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people."
• "Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are."
• "Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."
• "The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved."
• "One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody."

Service Quotes

• "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
• "If you want to change the world, go home and love your family."
• "The fruit of love is service."
• "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."
• "Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."
• "Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat."
• "We need to find God, and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence."
• "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."
• "Love is a one-way street. It always moves away from self in the direction of the other."
• "Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you."
• "Intense love does not measure, it just gives."
• "If you are humble, nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are."

Compassion Quotes

• "If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
• "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."
• "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
• "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 can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things."
• "Peace begins with a smile."
• "There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread."
• "God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that you try."
• "What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family."
• "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."
• "Joy is prayer; joy is strength; joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls."

Wisdom Quotes

• "Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."
• "Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired."
• "We need silence to be able to touch souls."
• "The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved."
• "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."
• "If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are."
• "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."
• "It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving."
• "The fruit of faith is love, and the fruit of love is service."
• "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
• "We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do."
• "Work without love is slavery."

Charity Quotes

• "It is not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving."
• "If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
• "It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving."
• "Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired."
• "The happiest people are those who give more."
• "Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls."
• "We need silence to be able to touch souls."
• "One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody."
• "The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."
• "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."
• "If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are."
• "The fruit of love is service."

Faith Quotes

• "I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."
• "We need silence to be able to touch souls."
• "God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that you try."
• "The fruit of faith is love, and the fruit of love is service."
• "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."
• "Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls."
• "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."
• "If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
• "Peace begins with a smile."
• "We need to find God, and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence."
• "If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are."
• "Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."

Hope Quotes

• "Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin."
• "Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."
• "If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are."
• "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."
• "We need silence to be able to touch souls."
• "We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do."
• "We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion."
• "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
• "If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
• "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."
• "It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving."
• "Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."

Peace Quotes

• "Peace begins with a smile."
• "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."
• "We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion."
• "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."
• "Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."
• "What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family."
• "Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls."
• "The fruit of faith is love, and the fruit of love is service."
• "If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are."
• "The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved."
• "We need silence to be able to touch souls."
• "The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."

Final words

Mother Teresa’s quotes continue to inspire people around the world to foster a sense of love, compassion, and service in their everyday lives. Her words resonate with timeless wisdom, urging us to prioritize acts of kindness and to seek inner peace. As we navigate through our daily challenges, let us allow Mother Teresa’s profound messages to guide us towards a life of meaningful connections and boundless altruism. Let us embody her spirit and strive to make the world a better place, one small act of love at a time.