"In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment."

-- Maxine Hong Kingston

#School Quotes #Community Quotes #Peaceful Quotes

“I hear the mad song of a little bird and crush butterflies between my fingers.”
“Not to gain time, but maybe to lose it, to see it pass.”
“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.”

Source : John C. Maxwell (2010). “Maxwell 2in1 (Developing the Leader w/in You/Developing Leaders Around You)”, p.103, Harper Collins
“Whatever the intellectual quality of the education given our children, it is vital that it include elements of love and compassion, for nothing guarantees that knowledge alone will be truly useful to human beings.”
“I'm constantly exposing myself to art and that inspires me.”
“If you don't mark your successes, the day your ship comes in could be just another day at the office, and there's no poetry in that.”
“I know that I cannot change the entire world, but I've always believed I can at least affect change in my world.”
“The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph.”

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