Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

We, the unwilling,led by the unknowing,are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much,for so long,with so little,we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

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. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

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. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

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. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

We can do no great things, only small things with great love. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

We are all pencils in the hand of God. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone’s house. That says enough. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

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. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

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. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

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. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

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. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

So many signatures for such a small heart. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Peace begins with a smile. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

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. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Loneliness is the most terrible poverty. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

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. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

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. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

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. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Jesus said love one another. He didn’t say love the whole world. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

It is a kingly act to assist the fallen. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Intense love does not measure, it just gives. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor? –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn’t touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

I think I’m more difficult than critical. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I don’t know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will NOT ask, How many good things have you done in your life?, rather he will ask, How much LOVE did you put into what you did? –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Good works are links that form a chain of love. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.

–  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Each one of them is Jesus in disguise. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

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. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. –  Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Born – August 26, 1910, Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Died – September 5, 1997, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.