“One
man of courage makes a majority.” -- Andrew Jackson
I am not a perfect
servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and
serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet. -- Jesse
Jackson
"I
am done with great things and big plans, great institutions and big success. I
am for those tiny, invisible loving human forces that work from individual to
individual, creeping through the crannies of the world like so many rootlets,
or like the capillary oozing of water, which, if given time, will rend the hardest
monuments of pride." -- William James (1842-1910)
There
is but one unconditional commandment ... to bring about the very largest total
universe of good which we can see. -- William James (1842-1910)
"Through
our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed."
-- Gerald Jampolsky
“How
could I be out there and not do anything?” ~ Jay-Z
"Whenever you
are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself
how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Every human beings
feels pleasure in doing good to another. -- Thomas
Jefferson
We'll fight, not out
of spite For someone must stand up for what's right 'Cause where there's
a man who has no voice There ours shall go singing My hands are small
I know But they're not yours, they are my own But they're not yours,
they are my own I am never broken In the end only kindness matters
In the end only kindness matters -- Jewel
There are no problems
we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve alone. -- Lyndon
Baines Johnson
"Love one person,
take care of them until you die. You know, raise kids. Have a good life. Be a
good friend. And try to be completely who you are. And figure out what you personally
love. And like go after it with everything you've got no matter how much it takes."
~ Angelina Jolie
"My
address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against
wrong." -- Mother
Jones
"Don't compromise
yourself. You are all you've got." -- Janis Joplin
Obstacles
don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.... -- Michael
Jordan
Our fathers gave
us many laws, which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
They told us to treat all people as they treated us; that we should never be the
first to break a bargain; that is was a disgrace to tell a lie; that we should
speak only the truth; that it was a shame for one man to take another's wife or
his property without paying for it. -- Chief
Joseph (1732-1794)
"I
find life an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others."
-- Helen Keller
The best and most beautiful
things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
-- Helen
Keller
The
unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life
for ourselves. -- Helen
Keller
The
best and most beautiful things in this world cannot
be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
-- Helen
Keller
Believe,
when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world.
So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain. --
Helen Keller
And
when at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each of
us, recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities
to the state, our success or failure, in whatever office we hold, will be measured
by the answers to four questions: First, were we truly men of courage... Second,
were we truly men of judgment... Third, were we truly men of integrity... Finally,
were we truly men of dedication. -- John
F. Kennedy, 1961
Some people see things as
they are and say 'why', I look at things that never were and say 'why not'.
-- Robert F. Kennedy
A
loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world.
Everyone you meet is your mirror. -- Ken Keyes, Jr.
*
"Because the suffering of any human being diminishes all of us, it’s our
responsibility to try to ease that suffering. It is not a matter of titles, but
of responsibilities.” -- Khaled
"It
seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what
is most significant and important." -- Soren Kierkegaard
Life
can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. -- Soren
Kierkegaard
"Life's most persistent
and urgent question is, What are you doing for others?" --Martin
Luther King, Jr.
"The
hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are
dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood." -- Martin
Luther King, Jr.
Cowardice
asks the question: is it safe? Expediency asks the question: is it politic? Vanity
asks the question: is it popular? But conscience asks the question: is it right?
And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor
politic, nor popular- but one must take it simply because it is right. --
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Take
the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take
the first step. -- Martin
Luther King, Jr.
"There
are some things concerning which we must always be maladjusted if we are to be
people of good will. We must never adjust ourselves to racial segregation. We
must never adjust ourselves to religious bigotry. We must never adjust ourselves
to economic conditions that take necessities from the many to give luxuries to
the few.” -- Martin
Luther King, Jr.
An
individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines
of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
-- Martin Luther King,
Jr.
Don't
believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something.
If you don't stand for something, what do you win? -- Lane Kirkland
We
have come too far, -- struggled too long, -- sacrificed too much and have too
much left to do, -- to allow that which we have achieved for the good of all to
be swept away without a fight. And we have not forgotten how to fight. --
Lane Kirkland
*
"Don't
become too narrow. Live fully. Meet all kinds of people. You'll learn something
from everyone. Follow what you feel in your heart." --
Yuri Kochiyama
"In the long run,
we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving." -- Sheldon Kopp
The true measure of
a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. -- Ann
Landers
The journey
of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. -- Lao Tzu
If
the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it. -- Lucy Larcom
"I wrote the song
"Show Me" as a prayer to God asking simple, honest questions about life and death
and why there is so much suffering in the world. As I grew with the song I realized
I shouldn't limit these questions solely to God; I should ask those questions
of others and of myself." -- John
Legend
*"Why wouldn't
I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of
empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?" -- John
Legend
*
"I
am frustrated with people who say that there is nothing you can do about a particular
issue and thus, do very little. I do not want to be like that." . -- Emma
Leslie
That we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause
we believe to be just. -- Abraham
Lincoln
With
malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives
us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up
the nation's wounds. -- Abraham
Lincoln
And in the end it's
not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. -- Abraham
Lincoln
"To
give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own."
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
"When
I dare to be powerful -- to use my strength in the service of my vision, then
it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." -- Audre Lorde
"Each one of
us should lead a life stirring enough to start a movement." -- Max Lucado
Things
can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a
leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or
backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together. -- Yo-Yo
Ma
Hey
you, Open your heart, it's not so strange You've got to change this time
-- Madonna
“Jesus' message was
to love your neighbour as yourself, and there are people in need. I hope that
people got that message." --
Madonna
How
do we become true and good, happy and genuine, joyful and free? Only by getting
in touch with good, true, happy, genuine human beings, only by seeking the company
of the strong and the free, only by catching spontaneity and freedom from those
who are themselves
spontaneous and free. -- Charles Malike (1906-1988)
Be ashamed to die until you
have won some victory for humanity -- Horace Mann
The
true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others. -- Madame
De Maintenon
"Do
every act of your life
as if it were your last." -- Marcus Aurelius
No
matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we
can now. -- Ziggy
Marley
“None
of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got
here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns
- bent down and helped us pick up our boots.” -- Thurgood
Marshall
“What
is the quality of your intent? Certain people have a way of saying things that
shake us at the core. Even when the words do not seem harsh or offensive, the
impact is shattering. What we could be experiencing is the intent behind the words.
When we intend to do good, we do. When we intend to do harm, it happens. What
each of us must come to realize is that our intent always comes through. We cannot
sugarcoat the feelings in our heart of hearts. The emotion is the energy that
motivates. We cannot ignore what we really want to create. We should be honest
and do it the way we feel it. What we owe to ourselves and everyone around is
to examine the reasons of our true intent. My intent will be evident in the results.”
-- Thurgood Marshall
"All
things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."
-- Matthew 7:12
"If
you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of
fulfilling it. The step may only be a tiny one, but trust that it may be the largest
one possible for now." -- Mildred McAfee
"Make
no judgements where you have no compassion." -- Anne McCaffrey
So, I think that’s the centerpiece
of morality: Don’t lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find
out what the truth is. You know, it’s easy to say, “I’ll never tell a lie.” But
if you say, “I’m going to speak the truth,” you’re going to have to work damn
hard to find out what the truth is. The next thing is just plain, old, simple
kindness: to other people, to your family. Love for other people. I think that’s
another very important part of morality, being genuinely compassionate and concerned
about the feelings and well being of other people, especially those that depend
on you directly. -- George
McGovern
"I
can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an
undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of
the possible outcome." -- Golda Meir
"When
you forgive, you in no way change the past -- but you sure do change the future."
-- Bernard Meltzer.
"We
may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving." -- Bernard Meltzer.
"Blessed
are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without
forgetting." -- Bernard Meltzer
"Do
all the good you can By all the means you can In all the ways you can
In all the places you can At all times you can To all the people you can
As long as you can." -- Bernard Meltzer (My Golden Rule)
"If
you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered
the secrete of getting along -- whether it be business, family relations, or life
itself." -- Bernard Meltzer.
"Before
you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary,
is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left
unsaid." -- Bernard Meltzer
Start
doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society
should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the
truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open.
Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely.
-- Adam Michnik
I
remind myself of the power of thought and how it's my obligation as a citizen
(and student) of humanity to propel compassion. -- Alyssa
Milano
I
remind myself of the power of thought and how it's my
obligation as a citizen (and student) of humanity to
propel compassion.
-- Alyssa
Milano
A person's
true wealth is the good he or she does in the world. -- Mohammed
"Fear less,
hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours." --Jean Baptiste Moliere
"Something
which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade." --
Constance Baker Motley (First Black Woman in the U.S. to become a Federal Judge)
