--- title: "8 Catholic pro life Quotes By Mother Teresa" description: "8 Catholic pro life quotes by Mother Teresa. Plus more from Mother Teresa and more Catholic pro life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/mother-teresa-196_abortion_we-must-not-be-surprised-when-we-hear-of_817897.jpg" --- > [We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred...If a mother can kill her own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-must-not-be-surprised-when-we-hear-of-murders-killings-of-wars-or/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/mother-teresa-196_abortion_we-must-not-be-surprised-when-we-hear-of_817897.jpg) > [And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/and-if-we-can-accept-that-a-mother-can-kill-her-own-child-how-can-we/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/mother-teresa-196_abortion_and-if-we-can-accept-that-a-mother-can-k_1634185.jpg) > [But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/but-i-feel-that-the-greatest-destroyer-of-peace-today-is-abortion/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/mother-teresa-196_abortion_but-i-feel-that-the-greatest-destroyer-o_1735892.jpg) > [The greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion, which is war against the child. The mother doesn't learn to love, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/the-greatest-destroyer-of-love-and-peace-is-abortion-which-is-war/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/mother-teresa-196_abortion_the-greatest-destroyer-of-love-and-peace_1799065.jpg) > [The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men. It has sown violence and discord at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/the-so-called-right-to-abortion-has-pitted-mothers-against-their/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a01/mother-teresa-196_abortion_the-so-called-right-to-abortion-has-pitt_2071691.jpg) > [The right to life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/the-right-to-life-does-not-depend-and-must-not-be-declared-to-be/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/mother-teresa-196_abortion_the-right-to-life-does-not-depend-and-mu_2208068.jpg) > [Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/human-rights-are-not-a-privilege-conferred-by-government-they-are-2/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/mother-teresa-196_abortion_human-rights-are-not-a-privilege-conferr_2793076.jpg) > [America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/america-needs-no-words-from-me-to-see-how-your-decision-in-roe-v-wade/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/mother-teresa-196_abortion_america-needs-no-words-from-me-to-see-ho_2907714.jpg) ## Other authors on Catholic pro life - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic-pro-life/pope-francis/) ## More by Mother Teresa > [Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within the reach of every hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/love-is-a-fruit-in-season-at-all-times-and-within-the-reach-of-every/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [All works of love are works of peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/all-works-of-love-are-works-of-peace/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Speak in a low, persuasive tone. Listen; be teachable. Laugh at good stories and learn to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/keep-the-corners-of-your-mouth-turned-up-speak-in-a-low-persuasive/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [Holy living consists in doing God's work with a smile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/holy-living-consists-in-doing-god-s-work-with-a-smile/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [I don't look at anything. Every person whether he is Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist, he is my brother, my sister. I think we all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/i-don-t-look-at-anything-every-person-whether-he-is-hindu-muslim-or/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [We may not be able to give much but we can always give the joy that springs in a heart that is in LOVE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-may-not-be-able-to-give-much-but-we-can-always-give-the-joy-that/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/maybe-if-i-didn-t-pick-up-that-one-person-i-wouldn-t-have-picked-up/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [We too are called to withdraw at certain intervals into deeper silence and aloneness with God, together as a community as well as personally;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-too-are-called-to-withdraw-at-certain-intervals-into-deeper/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/people-are-unrealistic-illogical-and-self-centered-love-them-anyway/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/recovering-in-a-calcutta-india-hospital-i-think-i-m-more-difficult/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [So many signatures for such a small heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/so-many-signatures-for-such-a-small-heart/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/they-should-give-until-it-hurts-maybe-a-very-small-thing-maybe-just-a/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/it-is-by-forgiving-that-one-is-forgiven/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give God to fill us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/the-more-we-empty-ourselves-the-more-room-we-give-god-to-fill-us/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/joy-is-prayer-joy-is-strength-joy-is-love-joy-is-a-net-of-love-by/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic-pro-life/mother-teresa/#itemlist", "name": "8 Catholic pro life Quotes By Mother Teresa", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred...If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mother Teresa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-must-not-be-surprised-when-we-hear-of-murders-killings-of-wars-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/mother-teresa-196_abortion_we-must-not-be-surprised-when-we-hear-of_817897.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/mother-teresa-196_abortion_we-must-not-be-surprised-when-we-hear-of_817897.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/mother-teresa-196_abortion_we-must-not-be-surprised-when-we-hear-of_817897.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred...If a mother can kill her…” — Mother Teresa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mother Teresa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/and-if-we-can-accept-that-a-mother-can-kill-her-own-child-how-can-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/mother-teresa-196_abortion_and-if-we-can-accept-that-a-mother-can-k_1634185.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/mother-teresa-196_abortion_and-if-we-can-accept-that-a-mother-can-k_1634185.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/mother-teresa-196_abortion_and-if-we-can-accept-that-a-mother-can-k_1634185.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one…” — Mother Teresa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mother Teresa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/but-i-feel-that-the-greatest-destroyer-of-peace-today-is-abortion/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/mother-teresa-196_abortion_but-i-feel-that-the-greatest-destroyer-o_1735892.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/mother-teresa-196_abortion_but-i-feel-that-the-greatest-destroyer-o_1735892.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/mother-teresa-196_abortion_but-i-feel-that-the-greatest-destroyer-o_1735892.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a…” — Mother Teresa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion, which is war against the child. 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