Life Is...Sai Baba

Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.

--Sai Baba

 

Our True North...Elizabeth Dole

"We believe in the dignity of every life, the possibility of every mind, the divinity of every soul. This is our true North."

--Elizabeth Dole

 

 

Today Is A Gift...Stuart & Linda McFarlane

Each day is a gift. Open it. Celebrate. Enjoy it. 

--Stuart and Linda McFarlane

Reverence For Life...Albert Schweitzer

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and that to destroy, to harm, or to hinder life is evil.

--Albert Schweitzer

How Far Have We Really Come? | 50th Anniversary of the March On Washington

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What can we do to definitively impact the statistics and improve the living standards for African Americans? Here I humbly offer some solutions:

• Respect life. We cannot afford to lose another life, especially young lives, to senseless violence. Because everyone has value, we must value the brothers and sisters of our community. Everyone is important to our village’s future success. To that end, we must also focus on being healthy.
• Increase mentorship in our communities. “Each one teach one.” In other words, we are our brother’s and sister’s keeper. We must care about one another and let our concern move us to take action that improves our communities and families.
• Don’t accept the negative images of black life displayed in the media and in our community as the norm. Do not tolerate discrimination and colorism within the African American community.
• Continue to increase African American graduation rates from high school, college, and graduate school. We must continue to encourage our children to...

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Feel Like Giving Up?...Geraldine Ferraro

"If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?"

--Geraldine Ferraro, Congresswoman (D-NY) 1979-1985, First Female Candidate For Vice President, 1984

Our Lives Are Valuable...Andrew Young

It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing. 

--Andrew Young,  Civil rights activist, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia and the United States's Ambassador to the United Nations

Let's do all we can to save lives!!

There Is No Perfect Ending...Gilda Radner

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.” 

-- Gilda Radner (1946-1989), Emmy Award-Winning Actress and Comedienne

Life Is Really Precious...Nona

Life is really precious. Take time to enjoy the beauty of the simple things around you.
--Nona Ogunsula

Life Is Precious...Nona

Life is precious. Appreciate it now and work to make each day better for yourself and someone else.  --Nona Ogunsula