Thursday, February 10, 2011

More Quotes

If we could all hear one another's prayers, God might be relieved of some of his burdens. ~Ashleigh Brilliant

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?" ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. ~Albert Pike (Thanks, Carl)

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. ~Horace Mann

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it. ~Author Unknown

The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts. ~Samuel Johnson

Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. ~Edwin Hubbel Chapin

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. ~Thomas Carlyle

Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope... and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. ~Robert F. Kennedy

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ~Mahatma Ghandi

To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right. ~Confucius


If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity. ~Nelson DeMille

If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito. ~Betty Reese

A good example has twice the value of good advice. ~Author Unknown

Improvement begins with I. ~Arnold Glasow

Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve.... You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker. ~Helen Keller

Instead of counting your days, make your days count. ~Author Unknown

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. ~Mother Teresa

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