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Mother Teresa Legacy
"Let us not use bombs and guns to overcome the world. Let us use love and compassion...Do it for peace. Let us radiate the peace of God and extinguish the world...all hatred and love for power..." (U.S. Catholic 43). Mother Teresa always lived by this, she always showed love towards others as best as she could, and spent much of her time giving and providing for people who could not do so themselves, she always cared for everyone. Mother Teresa's work was mainly influenced during her childhood, her main focus in her life was tending to the poor, and spent more of her later years being recognized for her loving lifestyle.

Mother Teresa's philanthropy was widely influenced through her early life. Teresa's parents' teachings of nationalism
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She was always compared to, and considered an inspirational saint. "She had most of the attributes of sainthood: a dauntingly selfless life, devotion to a higher cause, rude single-mindedness, a thick skin, and a capacity to wring the withers of the rich and powerful." ("Mother Teresa" 89). Teresa's life has given even more meaning to that of a saint's, and has left a pathway for saints for further and future generations to go by. For this, she was always commended for her traits, along with her contributions to the poor. Teresa was awarded numerous times through some of the highest in authority that witnessed her work and its effects. Among the accolades and awards, she managed to receive the most prestigious of all, and the single most wanted award for her, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 (Greene 114). Teresa's devotion to the poor in the slums was so great and inspirational that she was consistently awarded and recognized for her efforts, and still is today. One long-lastingly effective creation of Teresa's is one of her biggest foundations and ways to give. The Missionaries of Charity is still currently a foundation today, thanks to Teresa. "Her legacy is strong; at the time of her death, there were more than 4,000 sisters in the Missionaries of Charity, along with 400 brothers and thousands of others who have volunteered as Co-Workers, Lay Missionaries of Charity, and Missionaries of Charity Fathers. It is through these volunteers that Mother Teresa's spirit lives on." (Greene 140). The foundation has been a reflection of her devotion and hard work to help the poor, and will continually influence others to volunteer and make some of the same efforts to contribute to those in need, just as she

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