Let our hearts be filled with thanks and giving.
From 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18: “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
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Jane Addams Quotes
As democracy modifies our conception of life, it constantly raises the value and function of each member of the community, however humble he may be.
Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.
American activist Jane Addams (1860-1935) was the second woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. Her accomplishments are many as she labored as a reformer, social worker, and author. She was a timeless voice for world peace and women’s suffrage.
Tarana Burke Quotes
The truth always needs a resting place or it will lie down wherever it sees fit.
As long as we are not living in our full humanity, we cannot create a world of humanity.
Robert Greene Lee Quote
We must, without apology, without fear, without ceasing, preach and practice our beliefs, carrying them out to the point of suffering.
From Galatians 5:25: “If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.”
Billy Sunday Quote
If you are a stranger to prayer, you are a stranger to the greatest source of power known to human beings.
From 2 Chronicles 7:14: “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
Billy Sunday (1862-1935) was an American baseball player during the early years of professional baseball. Fortunately for believers and nonbelievers, Sunday later became one of the most influential evangelists in America during the first two decades of the 20th century.
Nel Noddings Quotes
The student is infinitely more important than the subject matter.
A sense of responsibility in teaching pushes us constantly to think about and promote the best interests of our students.
Nel Noddings (1929-2022) was an American educator and philosopher. Her teaching career included 17 years as an elementary and high school teacher along with serving in administrative positions. Before retiring in 1998, her career moved into teaching and administrative positions at Stanford, Columbia, and Colgate universities.
Anne Graham Lotz Quote
Faith is like a tender plant, rooted in Christ alone, watered by the Spirit and the Word, strengthened by the winds of adversity and the sunshine of blessing.
From Isaiah 53:2: “For He grew up before Him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him.”
Alan Watts Quotes
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.
Charles Swindoll Quote
A person filled with gumption doesn’t sit around, dissipating and stewing about things. He’s at the front of the train of his own awareness, watching to see what’s up the track and meeting it when it comes.
From Psalm 5:8: “Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.”
Albert Camus Quotes
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me lay an invincible summer.
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