Howard Thurman November 18, 1899 – April 10, 1981 “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” “There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine inContinue reading “Five (or seven) Quotes and a Prayer from Howard Thurman”
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Five (or Seven) Quotes from Julia Child
Julia Child (née McWilliams) August 15, 1912 — August 13, 2004 “Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” “I think every woman should have a blowtorch.” “The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude.” “Everything in moderation… including moderation.” “Remember, ‘NoContinue reading “Five (or Seven) Quotes from Julia Child”
Five (or eight) Quotes from Frank Zappa
Image Found Here Frank Vincent Zappa December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993 “If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.” “A mind is like aContinue reading “Five (or eight) Quotes from Frank Zappa”
Five Quotes from Barack Obama
Image found here. Barack Hussein Obama II Born August 4, 1961 “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” “A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinaryContinue reading “Five Quotes from Barack Obama”
Five (or six) Quotes from Helen Thomas
Photo Credit. Helen Amelia Thomas August 4, 1920 – July 20, 201 To read Ms. Thomas’ obituary at the New York Times, click here. “You don’t spread democracy with a barrel of a gun.” “George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history.” “I’m a liberal, I was born a liberal, and IContinue reading “Five (or six) Quotes from Helen Thomas”
Five (or seven) Quotes from Ellen DeGeneres
Photo Credit. “Who’s to even say what’s normal or average? We’re all different people and we’re allowed to be different from on another. If someone ever says you’re weird, say thank you. And then curtsy. No, don’t curtsy. That might be too weird. Bow. And tip your imaginary hat. That’ll show them.” “Life is aboutContinue reading “Five (or seven) Quotes from Ellen DeGeneres”
Five (or nine) Quotes about Bicycles
Photo Credit. “Get a bicycle. You will certainly not regret it, if you live.”~ Mark Twain “When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.”~ H.G. Wells “When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision andContinue reading “Five (or nine) Quotes about Bicycles”
Five (or seven) Quotes from Deepak Chopra
Photo Credit. “When you make a choice, you change the future.” “You will be transformed by what you read.” “The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.” “The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity.Continue reading “Five (or seven) Quotes from Deepak Chopra”
Five (or seven) Quotes from Nelson Mandela
“I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up toContinue reading “Five (or seven) Quotes from Nelson Mandela”
Five Quotes from Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862 “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”“Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.” “What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny mattersContinue reading “Five Quotes from Henry David Thoreau”
Five Quotes from Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892 “Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.”“Be curious, not judgmental.” “Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.”“Peace is always beautiful.” “In the faces of men and women, I see God.” Okay, a few more… “These are the days that mustContinue reading “Five Quotes from Walt Whitman”
Five Quotes from Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855 Yes, I know I said five quotes, but here’s ten. Could have gone on much longer, really inspiring… “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought whichContinue reading “Five Quotes from Søren Kierkegaard”
10 Quotes from Maya Angelou
The above image of Ms. Angelou receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom was found here. “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” “Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.” “My missionContinue reading “10 Quotes from Maya Angelou”
Three Quotes and a Short Video from John Fugelsang (for Easter)
“The only way you can cling to both a Bible and a gun is by ignoring Jesus.”“Obama is not a brown-skinned, anti-war, socialist who gives away free health care. You’re thinking of Jesus.”“Only in America can you be Pro-Death Penalty, Pro-War, Pro-Unmanned Drone Bombs, Pro-Nuclear Weapons, Pro-Guns, Pro-Torture, Pro-Land Mines, AND still call yourself Pro-Life.”Continue reading “Three Quotes and a Short Video from John Fugelsang (for Easter)”
Five Quotes from Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955 Today is the day of Einstein’s birth. And yes, I know this series is based on “five quotes” but I included a few extra. “When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a secondContinue reading “Five Quotes from Albert Einstein”
Five Quotes from Patti Smith
Photo found here. “Please, no matter how we advance in technology please don’t abandon the book-there is nothing in our material world more beautiful than a book.” “Freedom is…the right to write the wrong words.” “For life is the best thing we have in this existence. And if we should desire to believe in something,Continue reading “Five Quotes from Patti Smith”
Five Quotes from Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931 “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”“If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.” “Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other livingContinue reading “Five Quotes from Thomas Edison”
Five Quotes from Jimmy Carter
Image Found Here. Okay…so I know I said five quotes, but I could have gone on for quite a while. I find this man truly inspiring. For more in the Five Quotes series, click here. “This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. Women are preventedContinue reading “Five Quotes from Jimmy Carter”
Five Quotes from Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree) 1797 – November 26, 1883 “I feel safe in the midst of my enemies, for the truth is all powerful and will prevail.” “Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ comeContinue reading “Five Quotes from Sojourner Truth”
Five Quotes from Rosa Parks
Photo found here. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) Click here for the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development. “I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people toContinue reading “Five Quotes from Rosa Parks”
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