Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa, was born on the 26th August 1910 to Catholic parents. Her father died when she was still young and so she was raised by her mother.
Mother Teresa decided to become a nun when she was 17. She eventually ended up in Kolkata, India helping the poor, sick and dying people there. Her work in India gained her international recognition. Mother Teresa died on the 5th September 1997. She was given Saint Status in 2016 by the Catholic church.
“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”
“If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.”
“You will never truly realize God is all you need until He becomes all you have.”
“Your true character is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do ‘Nothing’ for you”
“Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.”
“Small things done with great love will change the world.”
“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”
“The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.”
“I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.”
“The beginning of peace is a smile”
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”
“The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small.”
“The highest form of worship is to find the least among you and treat them like Jesus.”
“I am nothing; I am but an instrument, a tiny pencil in the hands of the Lord with which He writes what he likes. However imperfect we are, he writes beautifully.”
“God didn’t call me to be successful, He called me to be faithful.”
“Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.”
“Do ordinary things with extraordinary love.”