Mother Teresa Quotes

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?
Mother Teresa

Door, Next, Concerned

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.
Mother Teresa

Work, Love, God

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
Mother Teresa

Great, Greatest, Nobody

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
Mother Teresa

Today, Feeling, Rather

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
Mother Teresa

Work, Happy, Miracle

Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.
Mother Teresa

Jesus, Disguise

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.
Mother Teresa

Love, Work, Jesus

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Mother Teresa

Love, Joy, Catch

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
Mother Teresa

Love, Money, God

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
Mother Teresa

Live, Angry, Why

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.
Mother Teresa

Life, Love, Work

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Biography

Nationality: Albanian

Type: Leader

Born: August 26, 1910

Died: September 5, 1997

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