The Heart of Kindness: 50 Uplifting Sayings by Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa, a symbol of love, compassion, and selfless service, dedicated her life to uplifting humanity. Her words, much like her actions, continue to inspire people worldwide to lead with kindness and embrace the power of love. In this post, we explore some of her most uplifting sayings, offering timeless wisdom and a gentle reminder to live with a heart full of kindness.
“Peace begins with a smile.”
“Love begins by take care of the closest one – the ones at home.”
“We fear the future because we are wasting today.”
“When you don’t have anything, then you have everything.”
“Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.”
“A life not lived for others is not a life.”
“If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.”
“Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.”
“Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.”
“I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.”
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”
“Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”
“I want you to be concerned about your next-door neighbor. Do you know your next-door neighbor?”
“Work without love is slavery.”
“Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand.”
“If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.”
“There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.”
“True love is love that causes us pain, that hurts, and yet brings us joy. That is why we must pray to God and ask Him to give us the courage to love.”
“Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it.”
“I go of my free choice, with the blessing of obedience.”
“What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight; build it anyway.”
“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
“If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive.”
“There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.”
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
“Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.”
“Life is a challenge; we must take it.”
“Together we can do great things.”
“Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.”
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it.”
“If we are humble, nothing will change us, neither praise, nor discouragement.”
“We cannot give what we have not got.”
“One of the realities we’re all called to go through is to move from repulsion to compassion and from compassion to wonderment.”
“Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier.”
“I know I am touching the living body of Christ in the broken bodies of the hungry and the suffering.”
“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”
“I do not pray for success; I ask for faithfulness.”
“Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; give the world the best you’ve got anyway.”
“One filled with the joy preaches without preaching.”
“Life’s a song, sing it.”
“We interfere with God’s plans when we push in someone or something else not suitable for us. Be strict with yourself, and then be very strict with what you are receiving from the outside.”
“If you are discouraged, it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own powers.”
“There is thing you can do but I cannot and there is thing I can but you cannot; so, let us make something beautiful for God.”
“Poverty was not created by God. It is we who have caused it, you and I through our egotism.”
“Jesus said love one another. He didn’t say love the whole world.”
“Loneliness is the most terrible form of poverty.
“There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.”
“The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action.
“We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world.”
- “One filled with the joy preaches without preaching.”
- “Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; give the world the best you’ve got anyway.”
- “I do not pray for success; I ask for faithfulness.”
- “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”
- “I know I am touching the living body of Christ in the broken bodies of the hungry and the suffering.”
- “We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world.”
- “The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action.
- “There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.”
- “Loneliness is the most terrible form of poverty.
- “Jesus said love one another. He didn’t say love the whole world.”
- “Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.”
- “Together we can do great things.”
- “Life is a challenge; we must take it.”
- “Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.”
- “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
- “Poverty was not created by God. It is we who have caused it, you and I through our egotism.”
- “There is thing you can do but I cannot and there is thing I can but you cannot; so, let us make something beautiful for God.”
- “If you are discouraged, it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own powers.”
- “We interfere with God’s plans when we push in someone or something else not suitable for us. Be strict with yourself, and then be very strict with what you are receiving from the outside.”
- “I go of my free choice, with the blessing of obedience.”
- “Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it.”
- “True love is love that causes us pain, that hurts, and yet brings us joy. That is why we must pray to God and ask Him to give us the courage to love.”
- “There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.”
- “If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.”
- “Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier.”
- “One of the realities we’re all called to go through is to move from repulsion to compassion and from compassion to wonderment.”
- “We cannot give what we have not got.”
- “If we are humble, nothing will change us, neither praise, nor discouragement.”
- “Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it.”
- “Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand.”
- “Work without love is slavery.”
- “I want you to be concerned about your next-door neighbor. Do you know your next-door neighbor?”
- “Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”
- “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”
- “There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.”
- “If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive.”
- “I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”
- “The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
- “Peace begins with a smile.”
- “We fear the future because we are wasting today.”
- “When you don’t have anything, then you have everything.”
- “Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.”
- “Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.”
- “Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.”
- “Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.”
- “If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.”
- “A life not lived for others is not a life.”
- “I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.”
- “There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.”
- “The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
