“Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.”

– Martin Luther King, Jr.

"God will be to us everything we will let Him be. "

–Ellen G. White, Our High Calling, p. 131

"It takes faith to be healed. It takes even more faith to keep on trusting Jesus when healing doesn’t occur."

"The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain."

"You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hands."

"An avoidable delay on your part will not result to an emergency on my part. …So I suggest you plan ahead. You just can’t expect to be on top of someone else’s ‘to do’ list at the spur of the moment–unless the so-called emergency is genuinely of the life and death kind."

-M.E.

"Dear Lord—So far I’ve done all right. I haven’t gossiped, haven’t lost my temper, haven’t been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or overindulgent. I’m really glad about that. But in a few minutes, God, I’m going to get out of bed. And from then on, I’m going to need a lot more help."

—American Folk Prayer

"He who thinks he leads but has no followers, is only taking a walk."

"Leadership is influence. No more, no less."

- John Maxwell

"The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most."

- Ann Landers

“The trouble with the rat-race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.”

 - Lily Tomlin

"You can never give up on something that means a lot to you. Even when you’re coming off a losing season. You keep trying. Because sometimes you just need a fresh start."

-Lex Luthor, Smallville season 4

"Be honest. How is it really going?"

– Keith Yamashita & Sandra Spataro, Unstuck

"There is no mistake so great as that of being always right."

–Samuel Butler

"Persistence means sticking to your guns. It’s keeping your commitment and making your actions consistent with your word. It’s all about ‘walking your talk.’"

–Ken Blanchard

"Dear Lord—So far I’ve done all right. I haven’t gossiped, haven’t lost my temper, haven’t been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or overindulgent. I’m really glad about that. But in a few minutes, God, I’m going to g…et out of bed. And from then on, I’m going to need a lot more help."

–American Folk Prayer

"Feelings are much like waves. We cant stop them from coming, but we can choose which one to surf."

–Jonathan Martinson

“The prostitute is not, as feminists claim, the victim of men but rather their conqueror, an outlaw who controls the sexual channel between nature and culture.”

–Camille Paglia

“He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.”

–Leonardo da Vinci

“In youth we learn; in age we understand.”

–Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach