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

— Matka Tereza

Mary Alice Warner, ‎Dayna Beilenson (1987) Women of faith and spirit: their words & thoughts, p. 42
1980s

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Roman Catholic saint of Albanian origin 1910–1997

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