Bob Keeshan Quotes

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Play is the work of children.  It’s very serious stuff.

Every word, movement and action has an effect.  No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

Bob Keeshan (1927-2004) was an American television producer and actor.  He will be forever remembered as the creative inspiration behind the long-running children’s television program, “Captain Kangaroo,” which ran from 1955-1984.

John Maxwell Quote

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Change is inevitable, growth is optional.

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.”

John Maxwell (born 1947) is an American pastor, author, and speaker.  He has written numerous books about leadership, with a Christian point of view.

Woody Guthrie Quotes

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The best way to get to know any bunch of people is to go and listen to their music.

One day we’ll all find out that all of our songs was just little notes in a great big song.

Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was an American folk singer and songwriter.  

Charles Swindoll Quote

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We live our lives under the careful, loving, gracious, albeit sovereign, hand of our God.  And the movements of time and history tick off according to His reckoning, exactly as He ordained.

From Psalm 31:14-15:  “But I trust in You, O Lord; I say, ‘You are my God.’  My times are in Your hand.”

Charles Swindoll (born 1934) is an American pastor and Christian author.

Yung Pueblo Quotes

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Sometimes you need to move slowly so you can move powerfully.

Maturity in a relationship is not expecting to always be on the same schedule.

Yung Pueblo is the pen name for Diego Perez (born 1988).  Ecuadorian-born, he is a writer, meditator, and speaker.  His pen name means “young people.”

Billy Graham Quote

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Conscience is God’s lamp within the human heart.

From Psalm 119:33-34:  “Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I will observe it to the end.  Give me understanding, that I may keep Your law and observe it with my whole heart.”

Billy Graham (1918-2018) was an American Christian evangelist.

Viola Davis Quotes

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Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.

Relationships change us and make us grow.

Viola Davis (born 1965) is an American actress and film producer.  She is one of a handful of performers to have earned an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award.

Loretta Lynn Quote

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You’ve got to continue to grow, or you’re just like last night’s corn bread–stale and dry.

From Proverbs 9:6:  “Lay aside immaturity and live, and walk in the way of insight.”

Loretta Lynn (1932-2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter.  She was born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky.

Charles Stanley Quote

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Attitude and the spirit in which we communicate are as important as the words we say.

From Proverbs 16:24:  “Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”

Leo Buscaglia Quote

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Life is God’s gift to you.  The way you live your life is your gift to God.  Make it a fantastic one.

Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998) was an American author and motivational speaker.