Sunday Quotes: Kindness

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Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

Robert Brault

A good character is the best tombstone.  Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered.  Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

Charles H. Spurgeon

What this world needs is a new kind of army – the army of the kind.

Cleveland Amory

When I was young, I admired clever people.  Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Don’t wait for people to be friendly, show them how.

Author Unknown

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Sunday Quotes – Self-discovery

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You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.  What you’ll discover will be wonderful.  What you’ll discover is yourself.

Alan Alda

Never mind searching for who you are.  Search for the person you aspire to be.

Robert Brault

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

Dr. Alexis Carrel

The greatest explorer on this earth never takes voyages as long as those of the man who descends to the depth of his heart.

Julien Green

If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe?  The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions.

Author Unknown

Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.

Hugh Prather

To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying “Amen” to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to keep your soul alive.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Sunday Quotes For Teens – Dare To Be Great!

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Put your future in good hands – your own.  ~Author Unknown

Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.  ~Max L. Forman

There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.  ~Author Unknown

Don’t let anyone steal your dream.  It’s your dream, not theirs. ~Dan Zadra

Life is not about discovering our talents; it is about pushing our talents to the limit and discovering our genius.  ~Robert Brault

I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn’t fall down.  ~Allen H. Neuharth

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Sunday Quotes – Pets

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The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude.

~Robert Brault

Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. 

~George Eliot

An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language. 

~Martin Buber

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. 

~Colette

If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man.  All things are connected.  Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth. 

~Chief Seattle of the Suquamish Tribe, letter to President Franklin Pierce

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

~Joseph Wood Krutch

Sunday Quotes – Mother’s Day

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Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.

Author Unknown

All mothers are working mothers.

Author Unknown

If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been. 

Robert Brault

Now that… my kids are grown, I understand how much work and love it takes to raise and to keep a family together.  The example of your strength, devotion, and patience is now rippling through the generations.  Thank you! 

Forest Houtenschil

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Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age. 

William Feather, The Business of Life, 1949

Sing out loud in the car even, or especially, if it embarrasses your children.

Marilyn Penland

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