MOTHER TERESA QUOTES ABOUT LOVE

“It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”

“Love cannot remain by itself – it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service.”

“We can do no great things; only small things with great love.”

“Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.”

“Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.”

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

“Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand.”

“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”

“I’m a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.”

“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon, and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.”

“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”

“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”

“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty.”

“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”

“I want you to be concerned about your next-door neighbor. Do you know your next-door neighbor?” GINGERBREAD CHRISTMAS QUOTES

“Love is not patronizing and charity isn’t about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same – with charity you give love, so don’t just give money but reach out your hand instead.”

“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.”

“Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.”

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

“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.”

“Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.”

“In this life, we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.”

“Peace begins with a smile.”

“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”

“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”

“If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.”

“Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.”

“The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.”

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is a 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.”