From the DVD/TV Show of "Madre Teresa"
"Lord, make me an instrument of peace.
Where there is hatred, may I bring love;
Where there is offense, forgiveness;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is desperation, may I bring hope;
Where there is sadness, let me bring joy;
Allow me to console, rather than to be consoled;
To understand, rather than to be understood;
To love, rather than be loved;
Because, giving is receiving;
Because, it is in forgiving, that we are forgiven;
It is in dying, that we are born to eternal life."
Mother Teresa: "Life is life
Let us defend it always and with the smiles
Helping the weakest, the poor, the sick, the old..." |
The Final Analysis
(source) |
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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. |
Give
the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; ...Give
the world the best you've got anyway. |
You
see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway. |
Adapted from Mother Teresa enlarged and framed sign, hung
in the front lobby of her Nirmala Shishu Bhavan, the children’s home
in Calcutta (origins) |