"The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute."

-- Julian Bond

#Freedom Quotes #Rights Quotes #Movement Quotes

“The label of 'marathoner' has, from the beginning, been awarded to those who went the distance under their own power, whether they ran, walked, crawled or tiptoed. When you cross that finish line, you've entered an elite group. About one-tenth of one percent of the population has done it. Don't let anyone take that great achievement away from you.”

Source : Jeff Galloway (2000). “Marathon”
“Humans will always tell you the story. Dogs can only tell you the truth. Trust your instincts and listen your dog.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 6, 2012
“Saudi hijackers first came into contact with al-Qaeda and went through Terrorism 101 when they signed up for the jihad in Afghanistan.”
“Whether or not you believe in God, you must believe this: when we as a species abandon our trust in a power greater than us, we abandon our sense of accountability. Faithsâ€¦ all faithsâ€¦ are admonitions that there is something we cannot understand, something to which we are accountable. With faith we are accountable to each other, to ourselves, and to a higher truth. Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed. The church consists of a brotherhood of imperfect, simple souls wanting only to be a voice of compassion in a world spinning out of control.”
“I have been accused of many things in my life, but not even my worst enemy has ever accused me of being afraid to speak my mind.”
“When the friends we love the best Lie in their churchyard bed, We must not cry too bitterly Over the happy dead.”

Source : Cecil Frances Alexander (1871). “Hymns for Little Children”, p.43
“We must change the decisions we are making by changing the people who are making them.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire.”

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