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A Little Inspiration...
"One hundred years from now, it will not matter what your bank account was, the sort of house you lived in or the kind of car you drove. . .but the world may be different because you were important in the life of a child."
- Anonymous
"There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up."
- Bernard Meltzer
"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices."
- Professor Dumbledore (from the Harry Potter series)
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
"Life's most important and persistent question is: What are you doing for others?"
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Love and forgive everyone. It's a good life. Enjoy it!"
- Jim Henson
"Work is love made visible."
- Khalil Gibran
"Only kindness matters in the end."
- Jewel
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
- Lao Tse
"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are small matters compared with what lies within us."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"There's no place like hope."
- Kobi Yamada
"All children can learn and succeed, but not on the same day in the same way."
- William G. Spady
"A child cannot learn the way you teach; you need to teach so the child can learn.”
- Anonymous
"Some people care too much; I think it's called love."
- Winnie the Pooh
"Every act of care we give helps the people we love become people who love."
- Whirlpool commercial (October 2014)
"Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education."
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."If you can't fly, then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.