Quotes about Purpose
The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
— Mother Teresa
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.
— Mother Teresa
I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.
— Mother Teresa
Work without love is slavery.
— Mother Teresa
I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.
— Mother Teresa
We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.
— Mother Teresa
Life is a promise fulfill it.
— Mother Teresa
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.
— Mother Teresa
We are all pencils in the hand of God.
— Mother Teresa
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. I do not agree with the big way of doing things.
— Mother Teresa
What we do is less than a drop in the ocean. But if it were missing, the ocean would lack something.
— Mother Teresa
We spend more time learning how to make a living than we do learning to make a life.
— Muhammad Ali