On this day, February 14, 1962, 63 years ago Jacqueline Kennedy invited millions of viewers into the White House for a tour.

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” —Maya Angelou

“We can’t expect the world to get better by itself. We have to create something we can leave the next generation.” Gwen Ifill #blackhistorymonth

Happy Birthday to Abraham Lincoln, born on this day in 1809. “My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.” Abraham Lincoln

“A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.” Barbara Jordan #blackhistorymonth

“One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.” Barbara Jordan #blackhistorymonth

Gotta love book mail! How fun to get the latest in the “I’m” series. I’M BUSY by Michael Ian Black and illustrated by Debbie Ohi. Thank@you @simonkids @inkygirl @michaelianblack.bsky.social @debbieohi.com @debbieohi.com

“Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.” Barbara Jordan #blackhistorymonth

“You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.” Shirley Chisholm #blackhistorymonth

“Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves.” Langston Hughes #blackhistorymonth

“Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.” Booker T. Washington #blackhistorymonth

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”” Booker T. Washington #blackhistorymonth

“Age is not a handicap. Age is nothing but a number. It is how you use it.” Ethel L. Payne #blackhistorymonth

“I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.” Julius Erving #blackhistorymonth

“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Ida B. Wells-Barnett #blackhistorymonth

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” Harriet Tubman #blackhistorymonth

“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” Leo Tolstoy

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

““Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” John Quincy Adams

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost

Gotta love book mail! Debuting on March 24, FROM THE FIELDS TO THE FIGHT: HiOW JESSICA GOVEA THORBOURNE ORGANIZED FOR JUSTICE by Angela Quezada Padron and illustrated by Sol Salinas is a timely and intriguing pb bio. @alexkelnag.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @angelapadron.bsky.social

@alexkelnag.bsky.social Gotta love book mail! Debuting on March 24, FROM THE FIELDS TO THE FIGHT: HiOW JESSICA GOVEA THORBOURNE ORGANIZED FOR JUSTICE by Angela Quezada Padron illustrated by Sol Salinas.A must have! @simonkids @angela.padron @solsticeillo @alex_kelski #cesarchavez #kidlit #pbbio

“For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.” Elie Wiesel #gratitude #kindness #holocaustremeberanceday

“A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.” Denis Waitley #kindness

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” Elie Wiesel

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” —Helen Keller

“A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.” Denis Waitley #kindness

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“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” Martin Luther King, Jr. #kindness

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ “Martin Luther King, Jr. #kindness

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa #kindness

“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” John Quincy Adams #kindness

“Joy, feeling one’s own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.” Maria Montessori

"Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud." – Maya Angelou #kindness

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” Harriet Tubman

“He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star” William Blake

“The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.” William Arthur Ward #kindness

“I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” Pablo Casals #kindness

“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.” Robert Louis Stevenson #kindness

“The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.” Meryl Streep #kindness

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” Helen Keller

“Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.” Thomas Jefferson #kindness

“Be curious, not judgmental.” Walt Whitman #kindness

“The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.” Henry David Thoreau #kindness

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” Helen Keller #kindness

“There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.” Han Suyin #kindness

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice.” — T.S. Eliot #kindness

“The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” Ashley Montagu #kindness

“Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” Mark Twain #kindness