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

- Henry Steele Commager

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“Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.”

- Walter Anderson

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“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

- Jimmy Dean

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“In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.”

– Thich Nhat Hanh

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And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

- Anais Nin

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“When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'”

- Sydney J. Harris

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“Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed!”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“The power to question is the basis of all human progress”

~Indira Gandhi

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“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”

~ Alan Watts

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“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are anger and courage. Anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain as they are.”

- St. Augustine

Today is National HIV Testing Day
http://www.napwa.org/programs/nhtd.shtml

Pictured above are teachers in an HIV/AIDS Awareness Class

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“When people shake their heads because we are living in a restless age, ask them how they would like to live in stationary one, and do without change.”

- George Bernard Shaw