Mother Teresa
The Nobel Peace Prize 1979
"Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."
"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."
Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, on August 26, 1910. At the very young age of 12 she began to get involved in Christianity. In May 24, 1931 after a few months of training she was sent to India, where she taught at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, but the suffering and poverty outside the school impacted her so much that in 1948 she received permission from her superiors to leave the school and work with the poor people in the slums of Calcutta. Even though she had no funds she depended on "Divine Providence", and opened a school for slum children. Soon she was being helped by volunteers, and received financial support. Mother Theresa inspired me for wanting to become a social worker; to make a difference in this world, and help out the people in need like she did. I really admire her bravery for helping out the people in the slums, because not everyone has the strength to do so.
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