Mother Teresa Quotes
- Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
- If you can't feed one hundred people just feed one.
- Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.
- Not all of us can do great things but we can do small things with love.
- What can you do to promote world peace, go home and love your family.
- Peace begins with a smile.
- The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.
- We shall never know all the good that is in a simple smile.
- Spread love everywhere you go . Let no one come to you without leaving happier.
Mother Teresa was born on the 26th of August 1910.
She was born with the name Agnes Gonxha Bajaxhiu in a region of Albania called Skopje, Macedonia.
When she was 18 years old, Agnes left home and joined the sisters of Loreto, Rathfarnham, Ireland.
The name Teresa was one she took for herself upon taking her orders to become a nun in 1931.
St Therese was a strong influence in Mother Teresa's life and was a wise choice of patron saint.
St Therese was the main reason she chose to begin as a nun in Ireland.
Although she lived to be 87 years old, she never saw her mother or sister again after she left for Ireland.
She took leftover food from a plane she was travelling on, and gave it to the poor and hungry.
She opened 'The House of the Dying' where she took care of people.
Mother Teresa's white sari with blue stripes only cost $1.
She refused the traditional Nobel honor banquet, instead requesting that the $192k funds be given to help the poor of India.
After a year of learning English in Ireland, Agnes transferred to The Sisters of Loreto in Darjeeling, India.
Mother Teresa's father died when she was eight years old.
She was born with the name Agnes Gonxha Bajaxhiu in a region of Albania called Skopje, Macedonia.
When she was 18 years old, Agnes left home and joined the sisters of Loreto, Rathfarnham, Ireland.
The name Teresa was one she took for herself upon taking her orders to become a nun in 1931.
St Therese was a strong influence in Mother Teresa's life and was a wise choice of patron saint.
St Therese was the main reason she chose to begin as a nun in Ireland.
Although she lived to be 87 years old, she never saw her mother or sister again after she left for Ireland.
She took leftover food from a plane she was travelling on, and gave it to the poor and hungry.
She opened 'The House of the Dying' where she took care of people.
Mother Teresa's white sari with blue stripes only cost $1.
She refused the traditional Nobel honor banquet, instead requesting that the $192k funds be given to help the poor of India.
After a year of learning English in Ireland, Agnes transferred to The Sisters of Loreto in Darjeeling, India.
Mother Teresa's father died when she was eight years old.