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“More than a building that houses books and data, the library has always been a window to a larger world--a place where we've always come to discover big ideas and profound concepts that help move the American story forward. . . . . Libraries remind us that truth isn't about who yells the loudest, but who has the right information. Because even as we're the most religious of people, America's innovative genius has always been preserved because we also have a deep faith in facts. And so the moment we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold into a library, we've changed their lives forever, and for the better. This is an enormous force for good.”
Barack Obama

“Guilt is not all bad. Without it there is nothing to drive a person toward self-examination and toward God for forgiveness.”
Billy Graham

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
Abraham Lincoln

“The Kennedys decided we’re going to do an airlift. We’re going to go out to Africa and we’re going to start bringing young Africans over to this country and give them scholarships to study so that they can learn what a wonderful country America is. And this young man named Barack Obama got one of those tickets and came over to this country."
Barack Obama

“What makes us exceptional, what makes us America is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
Barack Obama

“You don't have to be great to start, you have to start to be great.”
Zig Ziglar

“But neither can you condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on. You can never invite the wind but you must leave the window open.”
Bruce Lee

“In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed." --on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people”
Barack Obama

“[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the censor.
John F. Kennedy

“New York, like London, seems to be a cloacina [toilet] of all the depravities of human nature.”
Thomas Jefferson

“If you can't feed a hundred people, feed just one.”
Mother Teresa

“It was only at her prayers that she felt able to think calmly and clearly either of Prince Andrey or Anatole, with a sense that her feelings for them were as nothing compared with her feel of worship and awe of God.”
Leo Tolstoy

“Certainly, Lu. Whatever you like,' said Peter unexpectedly. This was encouraging, but as Peter instantly rolled round and went to sleep again it wasn't much use.”
C.S. Lewis

“May the LORD smile on you…. NUMBERS 6:25 (NLT)” 
Rick Warren

“I believed that I would become a counsellor to the Thembu king,”
Nelson Mandela

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