Ragupathy > Ragupathy's Quotes

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
― Mother Teresa

“ The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
― Mother Teresa

“Peace begins with a smile..”
― Mother Teresa

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
― Mother Teresa

“Live simply so others may simply live.”
― Mother Teresa

“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”
― Mother Teresa

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
― Mother Theresa

“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
― Mother Teresa

“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”
― Mother Theresa

“Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.”
― Mother Teresa

“At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done.
We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.”
― Mother Teresa

“God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.”
― Mother Teresa

“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.”
― Mother Teresa

“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”
― Mother Teresa

“I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.”
― Mother Teresa

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”
― Mother Teresa

“A life not lived for others is not a life.”
― Mother Teresa

“May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us." ...”
― Saint Terese of Liseaux

“We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.”
― Mother Teresa

“People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.”
― Mother Teresa

“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”
― Mother Teresa

“Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.”
― Mother Teresa

“Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.”
― Mother Teresa

“It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.”
― Mother Theresa of Calcutta

“If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve.”
― Mother Teresa

“God made the world for the delight of human beings-- if we could see His goodness everywhere, His concern for us, His awareness of our needs: the phone call we've waited for, the ride we are offered, the letter in the mail, just the little things He does for us throughout the day. As we remember and notice His love for us, we just begin to fall in love with Him because He is so busy with us -- you just can't resist Him. I believe there's no such thing as luck in life, it's God's love, it's His.”
― Mother Teresa

“The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.”
― Mother Teresa

“If you can't feed a hundred people, feed just one.”
― Mother Teresa

“Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.”
― Mother Teresa