Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

(August 26, 1910 - September 5, 1997) Roman Catholic Nun, Nobel Peace Prize winner; born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhi

Attributed:

• I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.

• People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
  Forgive them anyway.
  If you are kind, People may Accuse you of Selfish, Ulterior motives;
  Be kind anyway.
  If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
  Succeed anyway.
  If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
  Be Honest and Frank anyway.
  What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
  Build anyway.
  If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
  Be happy anyway.
  The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
  Do good anyway.

• "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."

• Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

• Love has a hem to her garment that reaches to the very dust. It sweeps the stains from the streets and lanes, and because it can, it must.

• Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

• Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use violence to get what they want. This is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion.
  - From her National Prayer Breakfast Speech Against Abortion (1994)

• I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I do 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?"

(Liberty.com)