Quotes by Mother Teresa

If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.

Speak tenderly; let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well.

I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I'm supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I'm praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things.

Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

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

Small things done with great love will change the world.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

I see somebody dying, I pick him up.

I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.

Do ordinary things with extraordinary love.

Your true character Is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do 'Nothing' for you

At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.

Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.

I don't do great things. I do small things with great love.

Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness.

The greatest good is what we do for others.

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.