Quotes from Mother Teresa

People who love each other fully and truly are the happiest people in the world. They may have little, they may have nothing, but they are happy people. Everything depends on how we love one another.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.

Do ordinary things with extraordinary love.

Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity.

Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self.

It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.

When you know how much God is in love with you then you can only live your life radiating that love.

We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love and be loved.

Once that living love is destroyed by contraception, abortion follows very easily.

Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.

Small things done with great love will change the world.

God loves me. I'm not here just to fill a place, just to be a number. He has chosen me for a purpose. I know it.

Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love...the smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.

When you love till it hurts, there will be no hurt left, just love.

Following Jesus is simple, but not easy. Love until it hurts, and then love more.

Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.

When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now.

Love is proved by deeds; the more they cost us, the greater the proof of our love.

A clean heart can see God, can speak to God, and can see the love of God in others.

Let us not love by words alone, but let us love until it hurts.

Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.

The less we have, the more we give. Seems absurd, but it's the logic of love.

Get to know the poor in your country. Love them. Serve them.