Mother Teresa
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born
August 26, 1910
died
September 05, 1997
gender
female
place of birth
Skopje, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
genre
Religion & Spirituality
about this author
Mother Teresa was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950. For over forty years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries.
By the 1970s she had become internationally famed as a humanitarian and advocate for the poor and helpless, due in part to a documentary, and book, Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity continued to expand, and at the time of her death it was operating 610 missions in 123 countries, including hospices and home...more
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Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light by Mother Teresa avg rating 3.82 — 380 ratings — published 2007 5 editions |
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No Greater Love by Mother Teresa avg rating 4.42 — 142 ratings — published 1997 7 editions |
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Mother Teresa: In My Own Words by Mother Teresa avg rating 4.22 — 132 ratings — published 1996 7 editions |
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Simple Path by Mother Teresa avg rating 4.26 — 127 ratings — published 1995 4 editions |
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The Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living by Mother Teresa avg rating 4.32 — 38 ratings — published 1997 6 editions |
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In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories and Prayers by Mother Teresa avg rating 4.42 — 33 ratings — published 1997 4 editions |
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Mother Teresa A Simple Path by Mother Teresa avg rating 4.35 — 17 ratings — published 1995 |
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Meditations for a Simple Path by Mother Teresa avg rating 4.50 — 12 ratings — published 1996 2 editions |
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Everything Starts from Prayer: Mother Teresa's Meditations on Spiritual Life for People by Mother Teresa avg rating 4.00 — 10 ratings — published 1998 3 editions |
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Total Surrender by Mother Teresa avg rating 4.25 — 8 ratings — published 1990 2 editions |
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"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. 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. It was never between you and them anyway."
— Mother Teresa
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. 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. It was never between you and them anyway."
— Mother Teresa
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