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“Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.”

- St. Francis de Sales

 

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“Joy delights in Joy”

- William Shakespeare

 

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“One’s action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be mere rushing on.”

- D.H. Lawrence

 

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“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”

- Joseph Campbell

 

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“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

- Jalal ad-Din Rumi

 

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“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”

- 1 John 4:7

 

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“After the verb 'to Love,' 'to Help' is the most beautiful verb in the world.”

- Bertha von Suttner

 

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“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”

- Rabindranath Tagore

 

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“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”

- Andy Warhol

 

Artwork entitled “Work Together” by Tory Casey.  For more information please check out http://www.foothillsartscouncil.org/gallery_exhibitions.htm

 

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“Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he [or she] can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.”

- George Washington Carver

 

George Washington Carver was an African American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor.  He is pictured in one of his laboratories.  For more information about him, please consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver

 

This concludes a week of quotes celebrating African American History Month and the rich wisdom that enriches us all.  For more information about this time, please consider http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

 

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“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

- Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave who led many other slaves to freedom.  She was also an abolitionist, Civil War soldier, and women's rights advocate.  Pictured on the far left is Harriet Tubman with slaves she helped guide to freedom.  For more information about her, please consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman

We continue a week of quotes celebrating African American History Month and the rich wisdom that enriches us all.  For more information about this time, please consider http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

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“Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”

- Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes was an early twentieth century African American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist.  Pictured is Langston Hughes Standing on the stoop in front of his house in Harlem.  For more information about him, please consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes

We continue a week of quotes celebrating African American History Month and the rich wisdom that enriches us all.  For more information about this time, please consider http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

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“Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.”

- Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune was an American educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a school for black students in Florida.  Pictured is Mary McLeod Bethune with her school children.  For more information about her, please consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_McLeod_Bethune

We continue a week of quotes celebrating African American History Month and the rich wisdom that enriches us all.  For more information about this time, please consider http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

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“When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.”

- bell hooks

bell hooks is an author, feminist, and social activist. Her writing has focused on the interconnectivity of race, class, and gender.  Pictured is bell hooks in 1995.  For more information about her, please consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks

We continue a week of quotes celebrating African American History Month and the rich wisdom that enriches us all.  For more information about this time, please consider http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

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“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?’”

- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a twentieth-century American civil rights leader, pastor, & teacher.  For more information about he and his work, please consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.

We continue a week of quotes celebrating African American History Month and the rich wisdom that enriches us all.  For more information about this time, please consider http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

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Love builds up the broken wall

And straightens the crooked path.

Love keeps the stars in the firmament

And imposes rhythm on the ocean tides

Each of us is created of it

And I suspect

Each of us was created for it.

- Maya Angelou

Pictured above is Maya Angelou during one of her appearances on Sesame Street.  She is an autobiographer and poet with far reaching influence.  For more information about her please consider http://mayaangelou.com/

Today begins a week of quotes celebrating African American History Month and the rich wisdom that enriches us all.  For more information about this time, please consider http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

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Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.

- unknown

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Hardship may dishearten at first, but every hardship passes away. All despair is followed by hope; all darkness is followed by sunshine.

- Rumi, “Mathnawi”

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“Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”

- James Baldwin, from his book “The Fire Next Time”

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“Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.”

- Margaret Shepherd.

Artwork entitled “Leap of Faith” by Dale Wicks.  For more of his work, go to http://www.artbywicks.com/

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“Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.”

- Henry Steele Commager

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“And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”

- Abraham Lincoln

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Sow a thought, and you reap an act;

Sow an act, and you reap a habit;

Sow a habit, and you reap a character;

Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

- Charles Reade

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To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what they have already achieved, but at what they aspire to.

- Kahlil Gibran

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If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.

- St. Clement of Alexandra

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Who is blind? Someone who can see no other world. Who is dumb? Someone who can say nothing pleasant about their lot. Who is poor? Someone who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich? One who is happy with their lot.

- Indian Proverb

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“Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”

- Joshua J. Marine

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“Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”

- Mary Anne Radmacher

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“The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love back into our hearts.”

~ Marianne Williamson