The Greatest Thing
“The greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they’re loved and capable of loving.” – Fred “Mister” Rogers
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Notice the Dirt
“I know all about the despair of overcoming chronic temptations… No amount of falls will really undo us if we keep on picking ourselves up each time. We shall of course be very muddy and tattered children by the time … Continue reading →
Children Learn From What You Are
“Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.” – W.E.B. Du Bois
Continue reading →The Soul Within Me
“The soul that is within me no man can degrade.” – Frederick Douglass
Continue reading →Here For Each Other
“I believe that we are here for each other, not against each other. Everything comes from an understanding that you are a gift in my life – whoever you are, whatever our differences.” – John Denver
Continue reading →Withdrawing From a Friend
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson
Continue reading →Manmade Differences Between Human Beings
“Growing up, I decided, a long time ago, I wouldn’t accept any manmade differences between human beings, differences made at somebody else’s insistence or someone else’s whim or convenience.” – Maya Angelou
Continue reading →Preferential Treatment
“When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.” – Thomas Sowell
Continue reading →Celebrate and Debate
“What we have to do… is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.” – Hillary Clinton
Continue reading →Celebrating Our Differences
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” – Audre Lorde
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