Quotes

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It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it. – Albert Einstein

No one has ever become poor by giving. – Anne Frank

Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege. – John D. Rockerfeller Jr.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill

Children

One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade. – Chinese Proverb

Tell me and I’ll forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I’ll understand.  – Chinese Proverb

Before you were conceived I wanted you

Before you were born I loved you

Before you were here an hour I would die for you

That is the miracle of life. – Maureen Hawkins

Children are our most valuable natural resource. – Herbert Hoover

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.                       – Angela Schwindt

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children.  One is roots; the other, wings. – Hodding Carter

Religion

When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion. – Abraham Lincoln

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. – Henry David Thoreau

Anything done for another is done for oneself. – Pope John Paul II

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.  – Mother Teresa

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God.  It was never between you and them anyway. – Mother Teresa

Do not pray for easy times, pray to be stronger.  Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers, pary for powers equal to your task. – John F. Kennedy

For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked. – Bill Cosby

General

Imagination is more important than knowledge – Albert Einstein

I’d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth. – Steve McQueen

Wherever you go, there you are. – Confucius

Adopt the pace of nature; her sercret is patience. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better.  It’s not. – Dr. Seuss

Dance as though no one is watching you.

Love as though you have never been hurt before.

Sing as though no one can hear you.

Live as though heaven is on earth. – Anonymous

Love

All you need is love. – John Lennon

Love all, trust a few.  Do wrong to none. – William Shakespeare

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.  They must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. – Mother Teresa

Inspriational

A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. – William Shedd

Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently.  – Henry Ford

Play for more than you can afford to lose, and you will learn the game. – Winston Churchill

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done. – Amelia Earhart

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? – Dr. Robert Schuller

It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. – Babe Ruth

You never conquer a mountain.  Mountains can’t be conquered; you conquer yourself – your hopes , your fears. – Jim Whittaker

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. – Anonymous

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth. – Pearl S. Buck

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. – T.S. Eliot

You must be the change you want to see in the world. – Mohandas Gandhi

But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. – Winston Churchill

Never give in.

Never give in.

Never give in. – Winston Churchill