"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."
- Mignon McLaughlin

"A bell is no bell 'til you ring it, a song is no song 'til you sing it. And love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay. Love isn’t love 'til you give it away."
- Oscar Hammerstein II from "Sound of Music"

RIP poet Lucille Clifton, died this day 2010

“You might as well answer the door, my child,
the truth is furiously knocking.”

“may you kiss
the wind then turn from it
certain that it will
love your back”

“the lesson of the falling leaves
the leaves believe
such letting go is love...

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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
- Nelson Mandela

“Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.” – George Washington

Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.

“Every adversity has a choice: you can see it as an excuse, or you can see it as an opportunity.”

I think it already is.

But seriously. Don’t call them names. We want the door open for them when they realize the mistake they made.

We are for a better America. Not a vindictive America

“Ilé oba tójó ẹwà ló bùsi”

“The king's palace that got burnt added beauty to it”

Find the silver lining in a difficult situation

"When you hate, the only person that is suffering is you because most of the people you hate don’t know it and the rest don't care."
- Medgar Evers

Sùúrù ni baba iwà
Patience is the father of character
Impatience often leads us to act out of character

“Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.” – Edwin Markham

"Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change. It can not only move us, it makes us move."
- Ossie Davis

Aja e e gbagbe l'oiye owuo
A dog does not forget its morning benefactor
Appreciate the ones who support you

"The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it."
- Kalpana Chawla, astronaut aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia

“What do you hang on the walls of your mind?” – Eve Arnold

"The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed."
- Mahatma Gandhi

Igi kì í dá l'óko kó pa ará ilé.
A tree does not snap in the forest and kill a person at home.
Those affected by an issue tend to be involved in some way.

“There are never enough I Love You's.” – Lenny Bruce

“Our hope doesn’t rest on our finally getting it together. Our hope rests in Jesus.”
Stasi Eldredge

"To be seen in this life, truly observed without judgment, is what it feels like to be loved."
- Cicely Tyson

“Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.” – Marilyn French

“Love is the only gold.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson

“A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.” – Chief Tecumseh

"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."
- Francis Bacon

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