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.
Lives of great men all remind us. We can make our lives sublime, and departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time.
Not enjoyment, and nor sorrow; is our destined end or way; but to act, that each tomorrow find us farther than today.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was an American poet and educator. Born in Portland, Maine, he has long been remembered for being one of New England’s fireside poets.
Farm’s eternal footprint
Memories held tight
From each generation
Nurturing what’s right
Kitchen table’s witness
Writes each diary page
Chronicles history
Filling life’s rain gauge
Precious hope’s future link
Tough times overcome
History comes alive
Leaving each bread crumb
Confidence builds each spring
Another crop sown
Expected fall harvest
Paying back bank loan
Farmer’s faithful outlook
Every season’s birth
Tomorrow remains bright
Blessing Mother Earth
Every day in a life feels the whole life with expectation and memory.
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) was a British author and Christian theologian. His full name is Clive Staples Lewis.
Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.
The only way to learn is to keep doing something new, and, if you’re lucky, learning with people who really know how to do it.
Nora Ephron (1941-2012) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director.
The burden God places on each of us is to become who we are meant to be. We are most fully ourselves when Christ most fully lives in us and through us.
From 1 John 2:5-6: “Whoever obeys His word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we know that we are in Him: whoever says, ‘I abide in Him,’ ought to walk in the same way as He walked.”
Andrew Peterson (born 1974) is an American Christian singer-songwriter and author.
We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in our hands to make a difference.
It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.
Nelson Mandela overcame oppression and imprisonment to become President of South Africa (1994-1999). His unwavering opposition to the nation’s policy of apartheid led to much change in his beloved country.
All roads lead to something you were predestined to do.
Everyone is a hundred different things, but in other people’s eyes we usually get the chance to be only one of them.
Fredrik Backman (born 1981) is a Swedish author, blogger, and columnist.
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations.
Stevie Wonder (born 1950) is an American singer and songwriter.
Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.
Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday.
Sarah Ban Breathnach (born 1947) is an American author, philanthropist, and speaker.
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