Tag: quotes

  • Champion

    In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King, Jr. Daily we encounter situations that disturb us in some way. It may be a personal affront or simply a story related to us via a friend, social media, or network news. It elicits…

  • Blessings

    May you live every day of your life. Jonathan Swift This sounds like the beginning of an Irish blessing. Having a small amount of exposure to the writings of Mr. Swift, the similarity was more than likely intentional. But imagine the implications of that experience, to live every day of your life. There is no…

  • Live

    Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do the worst kind of suffering. Paulo Coelho Today is the day we live. Tomorrow is the day we seek. Yesterday is the day we remember. If we spend too much time seeking or remembering, we miss living. Waiting for the future, is difficult…

  • Try

    Always do what you are afraid to do. — Ralph Waldo Emerson All too often fear rules us. It stops us from trying to do the things we dream about doing because we fear the judgment of failure. Making the decision to do rather than dream will quell the fear. If we do and fail,…

  • The Shot

    You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky The obvious truth to this. It almost seems too simple. The fear of failure is real. Is it the task that we fear so much that we do not make an attempt or the judgment of others if we do not succeed. We live…

  • Goodness

    Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging. Marcus Aurelius When you listen or watch the news, it paints a bleak picture of humanity. The voice drones on story after story talking about the atrocities committed locally and abroad. There are so many…

  • Inaction

    Often injustice lies in what you aren’t doing, not only in what you are doing. Marcus Aurelius   Take a moment to think about those words written centuries ago. What are they saying? Our inaction makes us just as guilty as the perpetrators. These words give us, show us, we have a duty to justice…

  • Done enough?

    I found a memory today on Facebook. The memory focused on the NCAA March Madness from 2021 when the inequity of the facilities for the teams competing in the Men’s and Women’s tournament. The article I posted that day redirected my friends to a quote from Dawn Staley, Head Coach, University of South Carolina Women’s…

  • Dream another dream.

  • Change

    You must be the change you want to see in the world.