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"God doesn't call the equipped, He equips the called." - unknown

"If they were going to hinder me with racism, I was going to overcome through the power of excellence..." - General Chappie James, USAF

"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes." - Erasmus

“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” - John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“There are those that hate you. But those that hate you do not win, unless you hate them. Then, you destroy yourself.”
- Richard M. Nixon

“Become so possessed by the love of God, that people will be healed by walking into our presence. Not because of us, but because of Him!” - Dr. Harold Rhodes, Regent University

“Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.” - Mahatama Ghandi

“The freest person in the world is one with an open heart, a broken spirit, and a new direction in which to travel.” - Gordon McDonald

“People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition.” - Jean Vanier

“The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our heart upon the black horse of affliction” - Charles Hadden Spurgeon

“There are three types of friends: those without which you can't live; those like medicine, which you need occasionally; and those like an illness, which you never want.” - Solomon Ben Gabriel, 1021-1088, Hebrew poet and aphorist

“The worst thing in your life may contain seeds of the best. When you see crisis as an opportunity, your life becomes not easier, but more satisfying.” - Joe Kogel

“In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves ... self-discipline with all of them came first.” - Harry S. Truman

“The Church exists for no other purpose but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time.” - C. S. Lewis

“Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God's faithful presence in our lives” - Henry Nouwen

“Being human is difficult. Becoming human is a lifelong process. To be truly human is a gift.” - Abraham Heschel

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Self-realization is not a matter of withdrawal from a corrupt world or narcissistic contemplation of oneself. An individual becomes a person by enjoying the world and contributing to it.” - Francine Klagsbrun

“When nobody around you seems to measure up, it's time to check your yardstick.” - Bill Lemley

“Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen.” - Carlos Castaneda

“Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.” - Sophocles

“This above all, to refuse to be a victim. Unless I can do that I can do nothing.” - Margaret Atwood

“Oh, that one could learn to learn in time.” - Enrique Solari

“Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist but in the ability to start over.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald

“If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.” - Isaac Bashevis Singer

“Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.” - Herbert Otto

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