BE the change...

I googled a certain idea to see if it was said by someone before (perhaps I'd come across the quote/idea at some earlier point in time), and found that "be the change you want to see in the world" is attributed to Gandhi.

Perhaps it would be beneficial if I consciously put that idea into practice.

Gandhi isn't the only one who thought along these lines. St. Francis also appears to have thought along these lines. Here is much of his prayer, which I found in the bulletin of the church I tried today:

"Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, [...], and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life."

And there are "The Paradoxical Commandments" written by Kent Keith. A version which may be based on that, and which might be credited to Mother Teresa is:

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. [...]If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway. [...] The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway. In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

And then there's Matthew 5:44: "[...] Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."