12 Powerful Mother Teresa Quotes That Will Stay with You

Find daily motivation in this curated collection of quotes from Mother Teresa that celebrates her passion to ease suffering and spread peace.

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Tatiana Ayazo /Rd.com,shutterstock Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without being tired.—Mother Teresa (These are the most comforting Roald Dalh quotes ever.)

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean

Tatiana Ayazo /Rd.com,shutterstock We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. (Try one of these nine creative ways to make a difference in your community.) But if that drop were not there, I think the ocean would be less by that missing drop.—Mother Teresa (These 26 quotes capture the secret to true happiness.)

Stay where you are

Tatiana Ayazo /Rd.com,shutterstock Stay where you are. Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering, and the lonely right where you are—in your own homes and in your own families, in your workplaces and in your schools.—Mother Teresa (These wise quotes from dads will make you appreciate your father even more.)

It is not always easy to love those close to us

Tatiana Ayazo /Rd.com,shutterstock It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. (Don't miss these three short stories of everyday heroes.) Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.—Mother Teresa

We can do not great things

Tatiana Ayazo /Rd.com,shutterstock We can do not great things. Only small things with great love.—Mother Teresa

If we have no peace...

Tatiana Ayazo /Rd.com,shutterstock If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.—Mother Teresa (Our advice columnist answers life's 25 most difficult questions.)

I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like...

Tatiana Ayazo /Rd.com,shutterstock I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?—Mother Teresa

Every time you smile at someone...

Tatiana Ayazo /Rd.com,shutterstock Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.—Mother Teresa (These are the science-backed reasons to smile more.)

If you are humble, nothing will touch you...

Tatiana Ayazo /Rd.com,shutterstock If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.—Mother Teresa