Brief introduction about Mother Teresa and her inspiring and motivating quotes
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu popularly known as Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje (now the capital of North Macedonian). Her childhood name was Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. By spending eighteen years of her starting life, she moved to Ireland and than to India, where she lived for most of her life.
Mother Teresa started her own order, the Missionaries of Charity in 1950 in Calcutta. She was formally beautified in October 2003 by Pope John Paul II and is now known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. She was the famous Catholic nun who helped the poor people of India.
Her selfless work among the poverty-stricken people of Calcutta became a symbol and motivation for people all over the world. During her lifetime she received a number of honors, including the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, and founded hundreds of homes throughout the world. She left the world on September 5, 1997.
Here are 20 Best motivational, inspirational and love quotes by Mother Teresa
1.“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”- Mother Teresa
2.“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”- Mother Teresa
3.“Be faithful in small things, because it is in them that your strength lies.”- Mother Teresa
4.“You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”- Mother Teresa
5.“If you are humble nothing will touch you, either praise neither disgrace, because you know what you are.”- Mother Teresa
6.“When you have nothing left but God, You have more than enough to start over again.”- Mother Teresa
7.“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”- Mother Teresa
8.“Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.”- Mother Teresa
9.“Some people come into our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.”- Mother Teresa
10.“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.”- Mother Teresa
11.“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”- Mother Teresa
12.“God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.”- Mother Teresa
13.“I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now i know that prayer changes us, and we change things.”
14.“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”- Mother Teresa
15.“The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. ”
16.“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”- Mother Teresa
17.“It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”- Mother Teresa
18.“Poverty is not made by God, it is created by you and me when we don’t share what we have.”
19.“I don’t know what god is doing.He knows.We do not understand, but one thing i’m sure, he doesn’t make a mistake”- Mother Teresa
20.“Your true character is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do ‘Nothing’ for you.”- Mother Teresa
Some more information about Mother Teresa
There are many inspiring people that have made the world a better place, but Mother Teresa’s acts of kindness have made her a saint. Mother Teresa was known as one of the most selfless people on earth. Gonxha left her home in to join the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Ireland. There she received the name Sister Mary Teresa.
From that time on she was called Mother Teresa. She started her own charity December 21, 1948, to help the people in the slums. Her main mission was to help the ‘unwanted, unloved and uncared’. From this moment on, Mother Teresa continued her work by reaching out to the needy every passing day and filling God’s desire to radiate love, kindliness, mercy. After some time, financial aid came. Starting off all alone, Mother Teresa was soon joined by voluntary helpers.
Mother Teresa was an inspiration to all of us. She was great and amazing personality. I think the above provided brief summary about Mother Teresa and quotes are motivational and inspirational to all of us .
