There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless. -Machiavelli :yawinkle:
"I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love. Marilyn Monroe
"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them" -James Baldwin
"The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to." -Marian Wright
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences." Audre Lorde
"Love is the most durable power in the World. This creative force is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for peace and security." -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
"Procrastination isn't the problem, it's the solution. So procrastinate now, don't put it off." -- Ellen DeGeneres "It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them." -- Dame Rose Macaulay
“A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.”
"Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones." -- Bertrand Russell "If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity." -- Bill Vaughan "If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error." -- John Kenneth Galbraith "The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'." -- Larry Hardiman