The success of love is in the loving. It is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done. Mother Teresa

The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved. Mother Teresa

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it. Mother Teresa

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. Mother Teresa

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. Mother Teresa

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

Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience. Mother Teresa

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. Mother Teresa

Peace begins with a smile. Mother Teresa

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them. Mother Teresa

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody. Mother Teresa

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus. Mother Teresa

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. Mother Teresa

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home. Mother Teresa

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

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. Mother Teresa

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work. Mother Teresa

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go. Mother Teresa

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given. Mother Teresa

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. Mother Teresa