MOTHER TERESA

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

-Mother teresa

Born Agnex Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun who founded Calcutta's Missionaries of Charity ministry in Calcutta, India. For nearly 50 years, Mother Teresa fed and served needy orphans, AIDS patients, lepers, tuberculosis victims, homeless families and indigent people through this outreach.


In 1979, Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize. The following year, she was honored with India's Bharat Ratna for humanitarianism. In 1985, 40th U.S. President Ronald Reagan and American First Lady Nancy Reagan presented Mother Teresa with the Medal of Freedom .Mother Teresa was beatified (sainted) posthumously by Pope John Paul II and renamed Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.


During her lifetime, although she never sought the proverbial spotlight, the diminutive and humble Mother Teresa was often quoted for her words of faith and simple wisdom.Although I am not Catholic, as a Christian I have found inspiration and conviction in many of the sayings of Mother Teresa. Here are my personal top 30 favorite Mother Teresa quotes (listed in no particular order).

My Top 10 Favorite Quotes from Mother Teresa

"A life not lived for others is not a life."

"Each one of them is Jesus in disguise."

"God doesn't require us to succeed; He only requires that you try."

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

"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?'"

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

"I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much."

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

"If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve."

"If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are."