My Favorite Quotes

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” - Winston Churchill     "To laugh often and love much, to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived-this is to have succeeded."                              Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)   A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove, but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.... ... Forest Witcraft   “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” -         Maria Robinson   “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou     “Adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it.” “Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.” James Dean     “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” Plato     “Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” Plato     “Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.” Plato     “They deem him the worst enemy who tells them the truth” Plato     “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel” Socrates     “He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have” Socrates     “He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.” Socrates     “Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.” Socrates     “Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.” Socrates     “Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.” Socrates     “Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.” Socrates     “I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.” Thomas Jefferson     “It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.” Thomas Jefferson     “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 3:17     “I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” Thomas Jefferson     “I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.” Thomas Jefferson     “I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” Thomas Jefferson     “Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear” Thomas Jefferson     “All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” Thomas Jefferson