Every one comes between men's souls and God, either as a brick wall or as a bridge. Either you are leading men to God or you are driving them away.

It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.

George Washington Carver

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

Joni Mitchell

I'm absolutely obsessed with The Jesus And Mary Chain and Patti Smith, but I'm a massive pop fan. I love pop culture, It's a total reflection of the zeitgeist.

Siobhan Fahey

I have supposed the black man, in his present state, might not be in body and mind equal to the white man; but it would be hazardous to affirm that, equally cultivated for a few generations, he would not become so

Thomas Jefferson

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

Thomas Aquinas

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Jonathan Kozol

We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth and to assimilate it from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought to us by former generations and foreign peoples. For him who seeks the truth there is nothing of higher value than truth itself; it never cheapens or debases him who reaches for it but ennobles and honors him.

Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi

I watch things that are fun, or funny, or interesting.

Martha Plimpton

Everybody has a hot button. Who is pushing yours? While you probably cannot control that person, you CAN control the way you react to them.

Source Unknown

Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.

Alvin Adams

As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.

Phil Crane

Failure too is a form of death.

Graham Greene