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

—Mother Teresa

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About Mother Teresa

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Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒi.u]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic saint.

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God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.

—Mother Teresa

If you find serenity and happiness, some people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

—Mother Teresa

Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.

—Mother Teresa

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.

—Mother Teresa

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature—trees, flowers, grass—grows in silence; see the stars, the moon, and the sun, how they move in silence.

—Mother Teresa

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Patience is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until something happens over which we have no control: the arrival of the bus, the end of the rain, the return of a friend, the resolution of a conflict. Patience is not waiting passively until someone else does something. Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are. When we are impatient, we try to get away from where we are. We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later, and somewhere else. Let's be patient and trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.

—Henri J. M. Nouwen

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Instead of bucking your head against a stone wall… sit quietly with hands folded and wait for the wall to crumble. If you're willing to wait an eternity, it may happen in the twinkling of an eye. For walls often give way quicker than the proud spirit which rules us. Don't sit and pray that it will happen! Just sit and watch it happen.

—Henry Miller

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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

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Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time… The wait is simply too long.

—Leonard Bernstein

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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

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