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“George Washington famously warned against ... 'ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear”
― George Washington

“The Gita has sung the praises of Knowledge, but it is beyond the mere intellect; it is essentially addressed to the heart and capable of being understood by the heart.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“I agree with yours of the 22d that a professorship of Theology should have no place in our institution. but we cannot always do what is absolutely best. those with whom we act, entertaining different views, have the power and the right of carrying them into practice. truth advances, & error recedes step by step only; and to do to our fellow-men the most good in our power, we must lead where we can, follow where we cannot, and still go with them, watching always the favorable moment for helping them to another step.
― Thomas Jefferson

“You have to know who to keep near you and those you should be far away from.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“It is most unusual to return to a place that has changed in ways you yourself have altered.”
― Nelson Mandela

“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Courage is not absence of fear; it is control of fear, mastery of fear.”
― Brian Tracy

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others . . . it is the only thing.”
― John C. Maxwell

“Christ says, "Give me All. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want You. I have not come to torment your natural self, but to kill it. No half-measures are any good...Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires which you think innocent as well as the ones you think wicked--the whole outfit. I will give you a new self instead. In fact, I will give you Myself: my own will shall become yours.”
― C.S. Lewis

“No, that trauma you faced was not easy. And God wept that it hurt you so; But it was allowed to shape your heart So that into his likeness you’d grow.”
― Rick Warren

“It was one of the rules which above all others made Doctr. Franklin the most amiable of men in society, "never to contradict anybody.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“The Ten Commandments are just as valid today as they were when God gave them. They reflect the moral character of God, and they also provide the foundation of right living with others.”
― Billy Graham

“Si el vendedor se siente atemorizado o abrumado por el posible cliente, llevar a cabo una presentación eficaz es tremendamente difícil. El vendedor que piensa: ¿Quién soy yo para decirle a esta persona que mis productos o servicios le van a ayudar?, no conseguirá el nivel de entusiasmo, fuerza y confianza necesarios para triunfar.”
― Zig Ziglar

“Ask [God] to help you reflect Christ as you grow older, instead of turning sour or grumpy.”
― Billy Graham

“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.”
― C.S. Lewis

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