- By Bornika Das
- Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:00 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Thought Of The Day By Mother Teresa: Mother Teresa, also known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was affectionately called the Angel of Mercy has been the icon of love and selfless service. Through her legacy, she has left behind a wealth of inspiring thoughts that continue to motivate people across the world. Throughout her life, she has reflected upon love, faith and hope that deeply resonated with children, especially orphans. She and her helpers are most known for building homes for orphans, nursing homes for lepers and hospices for the terminally ill in Calcutta. She has delivered several motivational quotes over her lifetime that can inspire the students when delivered in school assemblies.
By focusing on love, faith and hope, Mother Teresa has instilled values of kindness, inner strength, and optimism in students. Through her motivational quotes, young minds can learn valuable life lessons that teach empathy, will to persevere, and a hopeful outlook toward life. You can pick one thought of the day by Mother Teresa for the numerous motivational quotes for your school assembly.
Motivational Quotes By Mother Teresa On Love, Faith And Hope
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
“Peace begins with a smile.”
“We fear the future because we are wasting today.”
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”
“Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.”
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”
Mother Teresa Delivering Speech From Baltimore, Maryland On August 2, 1992 (Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons)
“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”
“I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.”
“If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.”
“A life not lived for others is not a life.”
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”
“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
“Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”
“God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.”
“Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.”
“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”
“Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it.”
“True love is love that causes us pain, that hurts, and yet brings us joy. That is why we must pray to God and ask Him to give us the courage to love.”
Mother Teresa’s timeless motivational quotes for school assemblies impart invaluable lessons in shaping the young minds of students in their formative years. Her thoughts on love, faith, and hope provide the guiding philosophy that helps young minds grow kind-hearted, confident, and optimistic.
