Mother TeresaAgnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu(26/27 August, 1910, Üsküb, Ottoman Empire (now Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) -5 September 1997, Calcutta, India) (aged 87)
Nationality: IndiaUnique distinction: The founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, beatified by Pope John Paul II, canonized by Pope Francis on 4 September 2016 and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Ethnicity: Albanian. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1979).
Gender: FemaleQuotes: 1.God doesn't require us to succeed; He only requires that you try. 2. Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. 3. Peace begins with a smile. 4. What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family. 5. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. 6. Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. 7. If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
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