Question

"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person". Who said this famous line?
1. Mother Teresa
2. Ramkrishna Paramhansa
3. Swami Vivekanand
4. Dayanand Sarswati

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Mother Teresa

The correct answer is Mother Teresa.

• "Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person" was said by Mother Teresa.
  • Mother Teresa was honoured in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary.
  • Teresa received a number of honors, including the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize and the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.

• Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was an Indian Hindu mystic, saint, and religious leader in 19^th  century Bengal.
  • Sri Ramakrishna experienced spiritual ecstasies from a young age, and was influenced by several religious traditions, including devotion toward the Goddess Kali, Tantra, Bhakti and Advaita Vedanta.
• Swami Vivekanand was an Indian Hindu monk.
  • He was a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna.
  • He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world, and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19^th century.
• Dayanand Saraswati was an Indian philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform movement of the Vedic dharma.
  • He was the first to give the call for Swaraj as "India for Indians" in 1876, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak.