Love Is...

“Love is one of those topics that plenty of people try to write about but not enough try to do.”

—Criss Jami, Killosophy

Love is feelings and emotions. But that’s not all love is. Love is doing and responsibility. Love is accountability. Love is action and love is being, all at the same time.

For Those Who Aspire To Greatness

Some people do not care how their actions affect others as long as their goals and agenda are accomplished. But for those who aspire to greatness and really desire to leave their mark on this world, here's some wisdom to consider.

--Nona O.

A Lesson On Love...@vnona

You are from God and God is love. God loves you unconditionally.

Nona O., Founder, womenatliberty.com

Loving Deeply & Being Deeply Loved...Lao Tzu

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
 
 --Lao Tzu

How True Love Perceives...Vera Nazarian

“Love -- not dim and blind but so far-seeing that it can glimpse around corners, around bends and twists and illusion; instead of overlooking faults love sees through them to the secret inside.”

--Vera Nazarian, Salt of the Air

The Life Changing Power Of Love...Larry Dossey

The power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into folklore, common sense, and everyday experience. Love moves the flesh, it pushes matter around.... Throughout history, "tender loving care" has uniformly been recognized as a valuable element in healing. 

--Larry Dossey

Your Actions Says It All...Theodore Roosevelt

“There are good men [women] and bad men [women] of all nationalities, creeds and colors; and if this world of ours is ever to become what we hope some day it may become, it must be by the general recognition that the man’s [women's] heart and soul, the man’s [women's] worth and actions, determine his standing.”

--Theodore Roosevelt

When You're Committed...@vnona

When you're committed to something or someone, your actions and words are in alignment. 

--Nona

Doing Good...Alexander Pope

"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.”  

--Alexander Pope, Pope: An Essay on Man

Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY presents Leadership Tuesdays, a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. This week, we are featuring part 2 of a 4 four part series: A Conversation With Michelle D. Freeman. She is CEO of the Carl M. Freeman Companies and chair of their two family foundations: Joshua M. Freeman Foundation and Carl M. Freeman Foundation. 

In part 2 she talks about leadership lessons she has learned since assuming the top leadership position at her company and she thoughtfully ponders what she would like her legacy to be as a woman and leader. She also talks about the philanthropic work she and her organization are involved in.

In addition to leading the family business, Ms. Freeman is also an entrepreneur in her own right, a philanthropist and a minority partner in Monumental Sports and Entertainment which owns the WNBA Mystics, NBA Wizards and NHL Capitals as well as the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Lastly, Michelle is the proud mother of three children.

To view today's video click here. If you missed part one of this series where Michelle talked about finding renewed life and purpose after experiencing a tragic loss, click here. For more information on Leadership Tuesdays, please visit our website, womenatliberty.com.

Happy Thanksgiving...J.A. Shedd

He who thanks but with the lips

Thanks but in part;

The full, the true Thanksgiving

Comes from the heart.

--J.A. Shedd

Happy Thanksgiving 2013!

Time = Love

To a teenager, the time you spend with them, listening to them is a direct indication of your love for them. Even if they don't have a lot to say, they appreciate your presence and they will remember it.

Click the link for more information on Covenant House DC and
the work they do to serve homeless youth in Washington, DC

Quote inspired by the Executive Sleep Out Event, Covenant House Washington DC, November 21, 2013.  Thanks to Michelle Freeman, President and CEO of the Carl M. Freeman Companies, for the invitation. 

When People Care For You...Langston Hughes

When people care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.

--Langston Hughes 

The Importance Of Words...Kevin Wayne Johnson

Words to live by are just words, unless we live by them.

--Kevin Wayne Johnson, Author, "Called To Be Light In The Workplace", Give God The Glory series

This book and others in the Give God The Glory series are
available now! The Workbook shown above coming
September 2013!
Go to: http://writingforthelord.com

Wisdom For The Heartbroken...Martin Luther King, Jr.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

--Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter From Birmingham Jail

Good Actions...Plato

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. --Plato

What Kind Of Difference Will You Make?...Jane Goodall

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

― Jane Goodall

Be Careful How You Treat People...Nona

Be careful how you treat people, because whether or not they say anything to you, they will remember how your actions and behavior made them feel.  --Nona

**In honor of Grandparents Day on September 9, 2012, "Women History Makers-DC, MD, & VA" is inviting you to submit a blog telling us why your grandparent is special. Some very special tributes will be published on http://www.womenatliberty.com/ for Grandparents Day! Contact on us via Facebook at Women History Makers-DC, MD & VA, @womenatliberty (Twitter) or info@womenatliberty.com and let us know you're interested.

Love Is A Super Hero...Maya Angelou

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope.

--Maya Angelou

The Only Thing That You Can Truly Take With You...Nona

I don't claim to be an expert, but this I do believe: Love does not use and abuse, it does not always take and not give, it does not see you in need and turn its back with the wherewithal to help, and it does not exploit. Love loves the creator more than the created, it values the real you rather than the image, and it is the only thing that you can truly take with you when you leave this life.  

--Nona, Founder, womenatliberty.com and #LeadershipTuesdays 

True Friendship Involves Action...

"... genuine friendship involves a shared sense of caring and concern, a desire to see one another grow and develop, and a hope for each other to succeed in all aspects of life. True friendship involves action: doing something for someone else while expecting nothing in return; sharing thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment or negative criticism."  

--Unknown

Source:  http://www.allaboutgod.com/true-friendship.htm