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“It be urged that the wild and uncultivated tree, hitherto yielding sour and bitter fruit only, can never be made to yield better; yet we know that the grafting art implants a new tree on the savage stock, producing what is most estimable in kind and degree. Education, in like manner, engrafts a new man on the native stock, and improves what in his nature was vicious and perverse into qualities of virtue and social worth.”
Thomas Jefferson

“We read to know we are not alone.”
C.S. Lewis

“If we have lost faith in our vernaculars, it is a sign of want of faith in ourselves; it is the surest sign of decay.”
Mahatma Gandhi

“Only God can give us a selfless love for others, as the Holy Spirit changes us from within. This is one reason we must receive Christ, for apart from His Spirit we can never be freed from the chains of selfishness, jealousy, and indifference. Will others see Christ's love in your life today?”
Billy Graham

“Some women have a weakness for shoes. i can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.”
Oprah Winfrey

“Just because people love your gift doesn’t mean they love you. Most of them will never really know you. Most of them don’t care about you. They just want your gift. And it’s okay to share your gift. It’s a good thing to serve your gift to people or in places that may benefit from it.” 
T.D. Jakes

“part of the parenting process is helping children understand that they are not the center of the universe.”
John C. Maxwell

“It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice” 
Thomas Jefferson

“Many countries of the world, I said, had constitutions, but in almost every case they were documents in which governments told their people what they could do. The United States had a constitution, I said, that was different from all the others because in it the people tell their government what it can do. Its three most important words are “We the people,” its most important principle, freedom.” 
Ronald Reagan

“We must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.”
Martin Luther King Jr

“They haven’t an idea what happiness is; they don’t know that without our love, for us there is neither happiness nor unhappiness—no life at all”
Leo Tolstoy

“People naturally see themselves in the light of their intentions, but they measure others according to their actions.”
John C. Maxwell

“When politicians prioritize local rule instead of trying to force the whole country to agree with them, I think the pursuit of happiness will be within the reach of a far greater portion of our populace.”
Ben Carson

“Bitterness is anger gone sour, an attitude of deep discontent that poisons our souls and destroys our peace.”
Billy Graham

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