Children Learn From What You Are
“Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.” – W.E.B. Du Bois
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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
Continue reading →In the Same Boat
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Continue reading →The Church and Relationship
“I hear people say, ‘I don’t have to go to church to be a Christian,’ and they are absolutely right. Salvation is through faith alone, in Christ alone. But you don’t have to go home to be married. Stay away … Continue reading →