education

Education, in the broadest of truest sense, will make an
individual seek to help all people, regardless of race, regardless of
color, regardless of condition.

George Washington Carver
(1864-1943, American Scientist)

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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.

Robert F. Kennedy
(1925-1968, American Attorney General, Senator)

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Let a man set his heart only on doing the will of God and
he is instantly free. If we understand our first and sole duty
to consist of loving God supremely and loving everyone, even
our enemies, for God's dear sake, then we can enjoy spiritual
tranquility under every circumstance.
... A. W. Tozer (1897-1963), The Pursuit of God [1948]

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Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your
duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead wins the race.

Andrew Carnegie
(1835-1919, American Industrialist, Philanthropist)

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Christian freedom, in my opinion, consists of three parts.
The first: that the consciences of believers, in seeking
assurance of their justification before God, should rise above
and advance beyond the law, forgetting all law righteousness...
The second part, dependent upon the first, is that consciences
observe the law, not as if constrained by the necessity of the
law, but that freed from the law's yoke they willingly obey
God's will... The third part of Christian freedom lies in
this: regarding outward things that are of themselves
"indifferent", we are not bound before God by any religious
obligation preventing us from sometimes using them and other
times not using them, indifferently... Accordingly, it is
perversely interpreted both by those who allege it as an excuse
for their desires that they may abuse God's good gifts to their
own lust and by those who think that freedom does not exist
unless it is used before men, and consequently, in using it
have no regard for weaker brethren... Nothing is plainer than
this rule: that we should use our freedom if it results in the
edification of our neighbor, but if it does not help our
neighbor, then we should forego it.
... John Calvin (1509-1564),
The Institutes of the Christian Religion [1559]

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Continue to love each other with true brotherly love. Don't
forget to be kind to strangers, for some who have done this have
entertained angels without realizing it!

Bible, Hebrews 13:1
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All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and
even the impossible may only be so, as of now.

Pearl S. Buck
(1892-1973, American Novelist)

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Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast
felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no
adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out
according to thy desire.
... Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)

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All the gold in the world has no significance. That which is
lasting are the thoughtful acts which we do for our fellow man.

Adolfo Prieto
(1867-1945, Humanitarian)

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Adversity not only draws people together but brings forth that
beautiful inward friendship, just as the cold winter forms ice-figures
on
the window panes which the warmth of the sun effaces.

Soren Kierkegaard
(1813-1855, Danish Philosopher, Writer)

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A meal, however simple, is a moment of intersection. It is at
once the most basic, the most fundamental, of our life's activities,
maintaining the life of our bodies; shared with others it can be an
occasion of joy and communion, uniting people deeply.

Elise Boulding
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Do you think that the work God gives us to do is never
easy? Jesus says that His yoke is easy, His burden is light.
People sometimes refuse to do God's work just because it is
easy. This is sometimes because they cannot believe that easy
work is His work; but there may be a very bad pride in it...
Some, again, accept it with half a heart and do it with half a
hand. But however easy any work may be, it cannot be well done
without taking thought about it. And such people, instead of
taking thought about their work, generally take thought about
the morrow -- in which no work can be done, any more than in
yesterday.
... George Macdonald (1824-1905), The Seaboard Parish [1868]

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Friendship renders prosperity more brilliant, while it lightens
adversity by sharing it and making its burden common.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
( c. 106-43 BC, Great Roman Orator, Politician)

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A satisfying prayer life elevates and purifies every act of
body and mind and integrates the entire personality into a
single spiritual unit. In the long pull we pray only as well
as we live.
... A. W. Tozer (1897-1963), The Pursuit of God [1948]

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Always demanding the best of oneself, living with honor, devoting
one's talents and gifts to the benefits of others - these are the
measures
of success that endure when material things have passed away.

Gerald R. Ford
(1913-, Thirty-eighth President of the USA)

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It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see
God, for only the pure in heart want to.
... C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)

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As, then, a consummate master teaches both by example and
by precept, so Christ taught the obedience, which good men are
to render even at the cost of death, by Himself first dying in
rendering it.
... Rufinus (345?-410)

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Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness
destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation?

Jane Austen
(1775-1817, British Novelist)

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If I wanted to become a tramp, I would seek information and
advice from the most successful tramp I could find. If I wanted to
become a failure, I would seek advice from people who have never succeeded. If
I wanted to succeed in all things, I would look around me for those who
are succeeding, and do as they have done.

Joseph Marshall Wade
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Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being
cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It
is
self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes
with having proved you can meet life.

Ann Landers
(1918-, American Advice Columnist)

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A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to
persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Christopher Reeve
(1952-, American Actor, Motivational Speaker (who became paralyzed from
the neck down after a freak horseback-riding accident))

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In your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go
and sheltered so may thrive and grow.

Louise Driscoll
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Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not
incite us to have them.

John Updike
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Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes
rich.

Sarah Bernhardt
(1844-1923, French Actress)

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Expect your every need to be met, expect the answer to every
problem, expect abundance on every level, expect to grow spiritually.

Eileen Caddy
(American Spiritual Writer)

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What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

Theodore Roethke
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Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to
achievement. One fails forward toward success.

Charles F. Kettering
(1876-1958, American Engineer, Inventor)

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