Quotes from Mother Teresa

The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty—it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There's a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God.

I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.

None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.

Together we can do great things.

Let us love one another as God loves each one of us. And where does this love begin? In our own home. How does it begin? By praying together.

May God give back to you in love all the love you have given.

The world today is hungry Not only for bread But hungry for love; Hungry to be wanted, Hungry to be loved.

I never look at the masses as my responsibility. I look at the individual. I can love only one person at a time. I can feed only one person at a time. Just one, one, one.

Keep your heart pure. A pure heart is necessary to see God in each other. If you see God in each other, there is love for each other, then there is peace.

It is not the magnitude of our actions, but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.

There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness, and this is the great poverty that makes people suffer so much.

Love means to be willing to give until it hurts.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money.

A joyful heart is like the sunshine of God's love, the hope of eternal happiness.

Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.

Bring love into your home, for this is where our love for each other must start

You know my God. My God is called love

If you think well of others, you will also speak well of others and to others. From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. If your heart is full of love, you will speak of love.

How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion? As always, we must persuade her with LOVE, and we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts.

Life is love, enjoy it. Life is mystery, know it. Life is a promise, fulfill it.

Charity isn't about pity, it is about love.

Love has a hem to her garment that reaches to the very dust. It sweeps the stains from the streets and lanes, and because it can, it must.

How much love did you put into what you did?

Where does love begin? In our own homes. When does it begin? When we pray together. The family that prays together stays together.