“I’m a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world,” Mother Teresa once wrote. Let her words of love and faith inspire you every day.
When the troubles of the world torture you, Saint Mother Teresa can inspire you a lot. With hope and a renewed focus on living a life of love, service, and faith she can make you comfortable.
Saint Teresa of Calcutta, as she was called after her canonization in 2016, showed the world how to love and serve the less fortunate around us. She was small and diminutive in size and stature but she made up for it in her zeal and dedication to the people she loved and helped—most often those who were seen as outcasts and marginalized by their communities. When the devoted nun of Albanian descent won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, she donated her entire cash prize to the poor people in India.
She could touch the lives of millions through her presence and acts of charity, as well as the truths she shared from her experience of faith. As someone who embodied the servant nature of Christ, being his hands and feet to others, she left us with enduring wisdom to inspire our faith. In her words and especially in her actions, we see that a life of love—however big or small, quiet or recognized—is significant, meaningful, and powerful.
Reflect on these quotes by Mother Teresa throughout your day-to-day. Share one in a note to a friend to encourage them. Or print and display one in your home or office cubicle to keep her wisdom top of mind. After all, the small things you do in love today can and will change tomorrow.
Mother Teresa Quotes
“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.”
“Peace begins with a smile.”
“We fear the future because we are wasting today.”
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”
“Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.”
“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”
“It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”
“A life not lived for others is not a life.”
“I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.”
“If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.”
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”