Maya Angelou Quotes

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If you are going down a road and don’t like what’s in front of you, and look behind you and don’t like what you see, get off the road.  Create a new path!

If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.

Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an American author, poet, and civil rights activist.  Her body of published work is found in autobiographies, essays, poems, and numerous credits in plays, movies, and television shows.

Holley Gerth Quote

Whatever your day holds, you’re deeply loved.

From Lamentations 3:22-23:  “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”

Holley Gerth is an American Christian author.

Lenny Wilkens Quotes

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The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve.

Show people how to have success and then you can push their expectations up.

Lenny Wilkens (1937-2025) was an American professional basketball player.  Following his playing career, he became a highly successful coach in the NBA (National Basketball Association).  He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and coach.

Joan Didion Quote

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The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

From Ephesians 4:31:  “Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice.”

Joan Didion (1934-2021) was an American writer and journalist.

George Muller Quote

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Only a life of prayer and meditation will render a vessel ready for the Master’s use.

From Romans 12:2:  “Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

German-born George Muller (1805-1898) was a Christian evangelist.  Later in his life, he and his wife spent 17 years involved with missionary travel throughout the world.

John F. Kennedy Quotes

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If freedom is to survive and prosper, it will require the sacrifice, the effort and the thoughtful attention of every citizen.

Change is the law of life.  And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) was the 35th President of the United States.

Hudson Taylor Quote

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When the heart submits, then Jesus reigns.  When Jesus reigns, there is rest.

From Jeremiah 29:13-14:  “When you search for Me, you will find Me; if you seek Me with all your heart, I will let you find Me, says the Lord.”

Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) was a British-born Christian missionary.  He spent 54 years in China.

Katharine Tynan Quotes

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The life which nothing happens goes the fastest, because it has no landmarks.

Often our bad moments are self-propelled.  And the drama is almost exclusively within our heads and hearts.

Katharine Tynan (1859-1931) was an Irish writer, who became well-known for her novels and poetry.

Randy Pausch Quote

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The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right thing?  Because time is all you have.

From James 4:8-10:  “Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.  Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.  Lament and mourn and weep.  Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection.  Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.”

Randy Pausch (1960-2008) was an American educator and professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University.  His life was cut short by pancreatic cancer, but he persevered to share his final lecture a few months before his death.

Walt Whitman Quotes

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A blade of grass is the journeywork of the stars.

The poet judges not as judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing.

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was one of America’s most influential poets.  His writing prowess was not only evident in his poems, but also in his work as a journalist and essayist.