Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), born Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu ,
was an Albanian Catholic nun with Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries
of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950.
"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." Mother Teresa
"Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired." Mother Teresa
"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person." Mother Teresa
"Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own. " Mother Teresa
"Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing." Mother Teresa
"God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try." Mother Teresa
"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." Mother Teresa
"I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness." Mother Teresa
"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love." Mother Teresa
"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much." Mother Teresa