Mother Teresa’s 109th Birth Anniversary: Inspiring Quotes

Here are some inspirational quotes by Mother Teresa on her 109th birth anniversary.

Mother Teresa’s 109th birth anniversary special

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It is Mother Teresa’s 109th birth anniversary today, 26 August 2019. Also known as Saint Teresa, she founded Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, dedicated to charitable work. She served the poor and was honored with a number of awards including the Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize in 1962 and Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

Inspirational Quotes by Mother Teresa

Here are some inspirational quotes by Mother Teresa in remembrance of her 109th birth anniversary-

• “Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.”
• “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 quotes

• “Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.”
• “We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”

Mother Teresa’s 109th birth anniversary

• “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
• “Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.”