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African American Spiritual
Saying or Verse Topic
Aint gonna let nobody turn me around. Pressing On / Determination

 

Albert Einstein
Saying or Verse Topic
We should acknowledge differences, we should greet differences, until difference makes no differeence anymore. Diversity

 

Albert Einstein
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Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Creativity

 

Alvin Ailey
Saying or Verse Topic
To be who you are and become what you are capable. Purpose

 

Ancient Arapaho proverb
Saying or Verse Topic
It doesn't have to glitter to be gold Values
When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us. Spirituality

 

Arthur Ashe
Saying or Verse Topic
It doesn't have to glitter to be gold Values

 

Audre Lorde
Saying or Verse Topic
Divide and empower, in our world, must become define and empower. Diversity / Power

 

Ashanti Proverb
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True power comes through cooperation and silence. Success

 

Barbara Jordan
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If you are going to play the game properly, you’d better know every Rule. Success / Power

 

Bill Russell
Saying or Verse Topic
It is more important to understand than to be understood. Thought, Thinking

 

Bishop E. Bernard Jordan
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You must dare to interrupt the cycle of the present; to move into the cycle of the future. Creativity

 

Black Elk
Saying or Verse Topic
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people flourished. Success

 

Bob Marley
Saying or Verse Topic
One love, one heart. Let's get together and feel alright Love

 

Buddha
Saying or Verse Topic
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. Thought, Thinking

 

Cesar Chavez
Saying or Verse Topic
If you win non-violently, then you have a double victory; you not only won your fight, but you remain free. Freedom
The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people. Value(s)

 

Charles Dickens
Saying or Verse Topic
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else Healing & Helping

 

Charles Evans Hughes
Saying or Verse Topic
When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. Diversity

 

Chinese Proverbs
Saying or Verse Topic
Man's schemes are inferior to those made by heaven. God's Power
Set yourself as the standard. Self Esteem/Self Preservation
I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand. Action
Tall trees experience strong winds. Competition

 

Confucius
Saying or Verse Topic
No investigation. No right to speak. Action
To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice. Action

 

Crazy Horse
Saying or Verse Topic
One does not sell the land people walk on. Self Esteem
A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky. Vision / Dream

 

Creole Proverb
Saying or Verse Topic
Tell me whom you love, and I'll tell you who you are. Love

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Saying or Verse Topic
We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity. Success
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Action
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it. Courage

 

Duke Ellington
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Life has two rules: Number 1, Never Quit! Number 2, Always remember rule Number 1 Purpose

 

Eckart Tolle
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To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe. Meditation

 

Eleanor Roosevelt
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Self Esteem

 

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in life has a purpose. Silence

 

Ernest Holmes
Saying or Verse Topic
The thing we surround ourselves with most frequently, becomes our power. Friendship / Networking / Power

 

Fannie Lou Hamer
Saying or Verse Topic
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. Waking up

 

Frederick Douglass
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Power

 

Gloria Anzaldua
Saying or Verse Topic
I change myself, I change the world. Self Esteem / Self Determination

 

Henry Ford
Saying or Verse Topic
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is a process; working together is a success Diversity
Don’t find fault, find remedy. Value(s)
Failure is only an opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. Success / Opportunity
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is a process; working together is a success. Success

 

Henry David Thoreau
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he(she) hears a different drummer. Let him (her) step to the music which he(she) hears, however measured or far away. (adapted) Creativity

 

Iyanla Vanzant
Saying or Verse Topic
Meditation: When we quiet the conscious mind to hear the Divine presence. Meditation/Silence
Everybody is born to fulfill a divine purpose, and God has given us everything we will ever need to fulfill that purpose. Purpose

 

Jackie Moms Mabley
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If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got Creativity

 

Jai Rodriguez
Saying or Verse Topic
It's interesting to see how we are all uniquely different. Diversity

 

Jaime Escalante
Saying or Verse Topic
The greatest thing you have is your self image, a positive opinion of yourself. You must never let anyone take it from you. Self Esteem

 

James Baldwin
Saying or Verse Topic
You cannot fix what you will not face Courage
If you’re afraid to die, you will not be able to live. Belief
Those who say it can't be done are,and also usually interrupted by others doing it. Leadership / Pressing on

 

Joan Baez
Saying or Verse Topic
You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You only decide how you’re going to live. Now. Self Esteem / Self Determination

 

John F. Kennedy
Saying or Verse Topic
If we cannot end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. Diversity

 

John Lennon
Saying or Verse Topic
I Get By with a Little help from my friends Friendship

 

Jonathan Robinson
Saying or Verse Topic
Feeling grateful for each thing in your life is a great way to open the heart and let the Spirit slip in Thankfulness

 

Kahlil Gibran
Saying or Verse Topic
For a love to grow through the tests of everyday living, one must respect that zone of privacy where one retires to relate to the inside instead of the outside. Meditation/Silence

 

Katherine Dunham
Saying or Verse Topic
I used to want the words "She tried" on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it". Self Esteem

 

Les Brown
Saying or Verse Topic
Before you run, check to see if the bulldog has teeth Action

 

Langston Hughes
Saying or Verse Topic
Don’t you set down on the steps’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard. Don’t you fall now . . .For I’s still goin’, honey, I’s still climbin’, And life for me aint been no crystal stair. Pressing On

 

Loretta Lynn
Saying or Verse Topic
You’ve got to continue to grow, or you’ll find yourself like last night’s cornbread: STALE and DRY. Action

 

Louis Nizer
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Where there is no difference, there is only indifference. Diversity

 

Malcolm X
Saying or Verse Topic
If you have no critics, you'll likely have no success. Success / Leadership
If you have no critics, you'll likely have no success. Trouble
If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything. Integrity
There is no better [lesson] than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss contains its own seed, its own how toimprove your performance the next time. Trouble

 

Marvin Gaye
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If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else Spirituality

 

Mahatma Gandhi
Saying or Verse Topic
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Happiness

 

Mary Kay Ash
Saying or Verse Topic
Anything worth having is worth working for. Action / Value(s) / Work

 

Maya Angelou
Saying or Verse Topic
As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else. Healing & Helping
Nothing can dim the light which shines from within Spirituality

 

Mexican American Proverb
Saying or Verse Source
Everyone in the world smiles in the same language. Diversity

 

Mother Teresa
Saying or Verse Topic
Go behind the apparent circumstances of the situation and locate the love in yourself and in all others involved in the situation Spirituality
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. Faith

 

Multiple Sources
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Do not follow the path. Go where there is no path to begin the trail. Creativity

 

Nelson Mandela
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No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. If [people] can learn to hate they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. Diversity

 

Nikki Giovanni
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Deal with yourself as an individual worthy of respect, and make everyone else deal with you the same way. Self Esteem

 

Oprah Winfrey
Saying or Verse Topic
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself. Self Esteem
If you are willing to deal with the past, you can make the moment you are in rich Success
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. Success

 

Pearl Bailey
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You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself Self Esteem

 

Placido Domingo
Saying or Verse Topic
The high note is not the only thing. Diversity

 

Qwatsinas
Saying or Verse Topic
We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees. Spirituality

 

Ralph Ellison
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It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow Courage

 

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Creativity
The only way to have a friend is to be one Friendship

 

Reverend James Cleveland
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A delay is not a denial Action

 

Reverend Joseph Lowery
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If you don’t know where you come from, it’s difficult to assess where You are. It’s even more difficult to plan where you are going. Culture

 

Rita Moreno
Saying or Verse Topic
Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life. Self Esteem

 

Robert Townsend
Saying or Verse Topic
He who controls images controls everything Power

 

Sammy Davis, Jr.
Saying or Verse Topic
You don't always have to have something to say Silence

 

Satchel Paige
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Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines. Prayer

 

Staying Stronge
Spirituality - Whole living by nurturing every component - physical, emotional, and certainly spiritual - of whom you are. Spirituality

 

Sun Bear
Saying or Verse Topic
No one can give you wisdom. You must discover it for yourself, on the journey through life, which no one can take for you. Self Esteem

 

Susan Taylor
Saying or Verse Topic
The most sacred place isn't the church, the mosque or the temple; it's the temple of the body. That's where the spirit lives Spirituality

 

The Holy Bible
Saying or Verse Topic
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
1st Corinthians 12:7 		Diversity
He(she) is fallen into the ditch which he (she) made. His (her) mischief shall return upon his (her) head.
Psalm 7:15,16 (adapted) 		Evil
Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your God in heaven.
Matthew 5:16 (adapted) 		Example
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:1 		Faith
This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 
Psalm 118:24 		Faith
Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 
1st Corinthians: 13:13 		Faith
I will fear no evil, for thou art with me
Psalm 23:4 		Faith
Ask, and it shall be given you…
Matthew 7:7 		Faith
Because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
Luke 19:17 		Faith
If this plan or this undertaking is of human origin, it will fail; but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it.
Acts 5:38,39 (adapted) 		God's Power
Because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
Luke 19:17 		God's Power
Just as you did it to one of the least of these …you did it to me.
Matthew 25:40 (adapted) 		Healing & Helping
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord shall lift you up.
James 4:10 (adapted) 		Humility
Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
Psalm 35:1 		Justice/Leadership
Let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1st John 3:18 		Love
We know that all things work together for good to those who love God.
Romans 8:28 		Love
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect; but …I press toward the mark.
Philippians 3:12,14 		Pressing On
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 (adapted) 		Purpose
And the Lord said unto them, Come aside into the desert place; and rest awhile.
Mark 6:31 (adapted) 		Rest
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
Galatians 5:22 		Spirituality
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to test you.
1 Peter 4:12 		Tested
Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for the Lord is good! The Lord's mercy endures forever.
Psalm 136:1 (adapted) 		Thankfulness
I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14 		Thankfulness
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 (adapted) 		Waiting
What doth it profit, my brethren (sisters), though one say he (she) hath faith, and have not works?
James 2:14 (adapted) 		Work

 


Unknown Sources
Saying or Verse Topic
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity Action
There are three kinds of people in the world: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. Action
The only thing that is constant in life is change. Change
Let your imagination guide your work. Creativity
Friendships are treasures to be cherished, so be sure to value them. Friendship
Always keep people in your life that charge your battery, not those who will drain it! Friendship
Hope is a beautiful treasure. Hope
Make time and space for quiet time, and then use it. Meditation/Silence
God is the friend of silence. See how nature - Trees, flowers, grass grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls. Meditation/Silence
When one door closes, another one opens. Opportunity
I’m trying to arrange my life so that I don’t even have to be present. Self Esteem
Serenity isn't freedom from the storm, but peace within the storm. Spirituality
Spirit works on a full-time basis Spirituality
Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect, it means that you've decided to see beyond the imperfections. Spirituality
Persistence breaks down resistance. Pressing On / Success
When you’re down to nothing, God is up to something. God's Power / Faith / Belief
A mind is like a parachute; it only serves it purpose when it's open. Value(s)
Life shrinks or expands, according to our belief. Belief / Faith
Faith keeps me calm during the storms of life. Faith
Success sometimes depends on having a chance, or taking one. Success
If there is anything better than being loved, it’s loving. Love
Wisdom is knowing what to do; skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. Action
The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your arm. Unknown Source
If you sail without a chart, you may return without a ship Vision & Planning
Go within and find what you've been searching outside yourself to find. Spirituality
Always keep people in your life that charge your battery, not those who will drain it! Friendship / Neworking

 

Venus Williams
Saying or Verse Topic
If you're not a competitor, You've just got to go home. Competition

 

White Eagle
Saying or Verse Topic
Spiritual growth results from absorbing and digesting truth and putting it to practice in daily life Spirituality

 

Yoruba Proverbs
Saying or Verse Topic
If rain doesn't fall, corn does not grow. Purpose
No one can uproot the tree which God has planted. Purpose
Where you will sit when you are old shows where you stood in youth Self Esteem

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