Did Mother Teresa say be kind anyway?

Dear Quote Investigator: Mother Teresa is credited with a very popular collection of wise rules. Here are the first two: 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.

Do it anyway St Teresa of Calcutta?

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

Do it anyway quotes Mother Teresa?

Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God.

What you create others can destroy?

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

What Killed Mother Teresa?

September 5, 1997
Mother Teresa/Date of death

Does Mother Teresa have a prayer?

Her Daily Prayer Dear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. By reciting this daily prayer, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta reminds us that Christians must act as Christ did so that others may not only hear His words but may see Him in everything we do.

Who wrote The Paradoxical Commandments?

Kent M. Keith
Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments/Authors

Who said do good anyway?

Mother Teresa: ‘Do good anyway’ Merry Christmas. In a spirit of faith, love and community, we share the following verses, written on a wall of Mother Teresa’s home for children in Calcutta, India. People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.

What Mother Teresa said about life?

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.

What did Mother Teresa teach us?

Sister Teresa learned to speak both Bengali and Hindi fluently as she taught geography and history and dedicated herself to alleviating the girls’ poverty through education. On May 24, 1937, she took her Final Profession of Vows to a life of poverty, chastity and obedience.

What is the age of Mother Teresa when she died?

87 years (1910–1997)
Mother Teresa/Age at death
NEW DELHI, Sept. 6 (Saturday)柚other Teresa, the Nobel Prize-winning Catholic nun, died Friday night after suffering cardiac arrest in the Calcutta headquarters of her Missionaries of Charity, whose worldwide assistance to the poorest of the poor made her known as “the saint of the gutters.” She was 87.

Do you have to be kind to people anyway?

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. Kindness is too often interpreted as weakness or manipulation. That does not mean that you should stop being kind. Without kindness, the world would be a cold, harsh, cruel place.

Is the anyway poem by Kent Keith based on a true story?

Mother Teresa’s words provide a short and sweet way to live your life. It’s attributed to her but is actually based on a poem by Kent Keith. Whoever wrote ‘Anyway’, it’s a truly inspirational poem… And I think the poem theme is: personal development

What does Mother Teresa mean by ” be kind anyway “?

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;

Where did Mother Teresa write ” Between you and them “?

It was never between you and them anyway. (*) The verses above was reportedly written on the wall of Mother Teresa’s home for children in Calcutta, India, and are widely attributed to her. And some sources say that the words were written on the wall in Mother Teresa’s own room.