Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu): baptised Gonxha Agnes; Catholic Nun
Famous for : being a spiritual leader and tireless supporter of the unwanted, the unloved, the uncared for - the sick and the poor. Mother Teresa spent much of her life nursing the sick and giving a voice to the poor. She won the Nobel Peace Prize for her services in 1979.
Teresa details: Born - August 26, 1910 Skopje, Macedonia / Died September 5, 1997 India

"I don't claim anything of the work. It is his work. I am like a little pencil in his hand. That is all. He does the thinking. He does the writing. The pencil has nothing to do with it." - Mother Teresa

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much." - Mother Teresa

"It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start." - Mother Teresa

"Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go." - Mother Teresa

"I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there." - Mother Teresa

"I love all religions, but I am in love with my own." - Mother Teresa

"Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world." - Mother Teresa

"Please choose the way of peace.. In the short term there may be winners and losers in this war that we all dread. But that never can, nor never will justify the suffering, pain and loss of life your weapons will cause." - Mother Teresa

"I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?" - Mother Teresa

"No matter who says what, you should accept it with a smile and do your own work." - Mother Teresa

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