Famous people and their quotes. Part eight.

                                                           Mother Teresa.

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“Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.”

“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 in the world.”

“Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet, especially your family.”

“If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive.”

“Speak tenderly to them. Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well.”

“There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives-the pain the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them.”

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

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Great People: Mother Teresa.

Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (then Kosovo Vilayet in the Ottoman Empire). Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was the youngest child in the family of Nikolle and Dranafile Bojaxhiu. Her parents were Catholics. 

Nikolle Bojaxhiu died in 1919 when Agnes was eight years old. Mother and children were left alone. 

When girl was twelve years old she decided to go to India as nun and care about poor people in that country.

In 1928, Agnes Gronxha Bojaxhiu went to Ireland and joined the Sisters of Loreto. Three years later she took name Teresa and went to Calcutta. Nun taught geography in that place. On September 10, 1946, she began to help poor people in India! Two years later her community began to build hospitals and schools for ill and poor people.

So during many years Mother Teresa cared about the poor. She won Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. This nun met many famous people in her life.

She died on September 5, 1997, in Calcutta, India.