A CONVERSATION “All for one and one for all! United we stand, divided we fall!” Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers “Unity does not mean sameness. It means oneness of purpose.” Priscilla Shirer #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501

A CONVERSATION “Greatness will come by looking forward, untethered from the politics of the past and anchored by our share values and by changing our nation’s future.” Pete Buttigieg “Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky.” Sonia Gandhi

CONVERSATION “Spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same things (to be happy and be loved) and we are all connected to one another.” Dalai Lama “We’re a’ Jock Tamson’s bairns.” Scots Folk Saying 1830’s

A CONVERSATION “Half of what we do, or try to be, amount to the blueprints for the future that we are trying to imagine.” Doris Lessing. “If you can imagine it, you can create it. That beautiful world you dream about, needs positive action to come true.” Leon Brown

A CONVERSATION “Judgments prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.” Wayne Dyer “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” Anaïs Nin #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501 #no-kings-2 #october-18 #unity

A CONVERSATION “Stay behind the scenes. You will have more freedom to work, more freedom to think and more freedom to act! Mahmet Murat Ildan “Sometimes it’s the people behind the scenes who make the biggest impact.” Brian Epstein #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy

A CONVERSATION “The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” Mark Twain “As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.” Mary Anne Radmacher #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #unity

A CONVERSATION “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” William James. “Act from a place of truth, even when you think no one is looking or you think the result is of no consequence.” Leena Patel #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #unity

A CONVERSATION “My courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.” Jane Austen “Don’t be intimidated by power, wealth, or station Character alone makes all the difference.” Joe Biden #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #unity

A CONVERSATION “In rest and reflection, a new inspiration can be found.” Brian McGill ”You can recharge your battery with food or adrenaline, but only rest will help you restore your soul.” Matshona Dhliwayo #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #unity

A CONVERSATION “Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.” Corrie Ten Boom “Instead of worrying about evil, worry about losing the power to do good!” Laurence Galian #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #unity

A CONVERSATION “There are different paths to your destination. Choose your own path.” Lailah Gifty Akita “Paths that cross will cross again.” Patti Smith #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #unity #lailah-gifty-akita #patti-smith

A CONVERSATION ““I truly believe when we stand together, we stand a chance.” Korie Robertson “You need togetherness because you don’t always win, and you have got to hang through together.” Tony Dungy #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #unity

A CONVERSATION “Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day. Alice Morris Earle “Life is not just about the good things or not just about the bad things. It’s about both. It all depends where you focus your attention.” Ann Marie Aguilar #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy

A CONVERSATION ”Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or the last time.” Betty Smith “When you change the way, you see things, you change what you are capable of.” David Bayer #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #unity

A CONVERSATION “What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing.” CS Lewis “Where we stand determines what we see.” Stephen R. Covey #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #unity #cs-lewis #stephen-covey

A CONVERSATION “Where words leave off, music begins.” Heinrich Heine “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” Victor Hugo. #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #unity #heinrich-heine #victor-hugo

A CONVERSATION “Poirot, I said, I’ve been thinking.” “An admirable exercise, my friend. Continue it.” Agatha Christie - Poirot Peril at End House “Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.” Voltaire Traité sur la tolérance, à l'occasion de la mort de Jean Calas

A CONVERSATION “Singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on earth.” Edith Piaf “Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.” Emory Austin #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #unity

A CONVERSATION “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.” Walter Isaacson “Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don’t fit into boxes.” Tori Amos #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy

A CONVERSATION “What you do matters; why you do it matters more.” Jimmie Butler “Everything you do has some effect, some impact.” Dalai Lama #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #unity #jimmie-butler #dalai-lama #what-you-do #why-you-do-it #impact

A CONVERSATION “Bee humble, bee hungry, and always bee the hardest worker in the room.” Dwayne Johnson “You must always bee willing to work without applause.” Ernest Hemingway #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #unity #dwayne-johnson #bee #work

A CONVERSATION “Bee who you are and say what you feel, beecause those who mind don’t matter and those that matter don’t mind.” Dr. Seuss “Bee mindful. Bee grateful. Bee positive. Bee true. Bee kind.” Roy T Bennett #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy

A CONVERSATION “Just because a thing seems impossible doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try.” Laura Nowlin “The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.” Billie Holiday. #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #unity

A CONVERSATION “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” John F. Kennedy. #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy

A CONVERSATION “Lead by listening - to be a good leader you have to be a great listener.” Richard Branson “One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.” Bryant H. McGill #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy

A CONVERSATION “Will you rise up or give up? Will you grow or let go?” Maxime Lagacé “We don’t quit. We don’t cower. We don’t run. We endure and conquer.” Kobe Bryant. #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501 #maxime-lagacé #rise-up

A CONVERSATION “Nothing and no one is perfect. It just takes a good eye to find those hidden imperfections.” Daphne Delacroix “You don’t have to be perfect to be pretty.” Carson Kressley #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501

A CONVERSATION “The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affect your life, even who you are forever.” Sarah Dessen “One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.

A CONVERSATION “How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun.” Vincent Van Gogh “Yellow is the most luminous of all colors. Dare to show your light?" Shilpa Ahuja #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501 #vincent-vangogh #yellow #sun

A CONVERSATION Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Confucius “Rise up to your potential. Defeat is not your destiny.” Christine Caine #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #Sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501 #no-kings-2 #october-18 #unity

A CONVERSATION “Do not wait. The time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along. “ Napoleon Hill.

A CONVERSATION “Share your courage, not your fears.” Robert Lewis Stevenson. “You are showing your neighbors who might be a little shy about getting out there, that they are not alone. You’re creating solidarity.” Heather Cox Richardson

A CONVERSATION “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Helen Keller “We must stand together; if we don’t, there will be no victory for any one of us.” Mother Jones

A CONVERSATION “You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” Rosa Parks “Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and actions of the American people.” Joe Biden

A CONVERSATION “ We all find ourselves in situations that seem hopeless. And we have the choice to do nothing or to take action. “ Catherine Pulsifer. “Sometimes there is nothing you can do, and in those times, you must do something anyway.” Garrison Keillor

A CONVERSATION “When that light within begins to dim, fan the flame just enough to spark something.” Sanjo Jendayi “Sometimes, a flame can shrink and waver, but sometimes a flame refuses to go out.

CONVERSATION “If the plan doesn't work, change the plan but never the goal.” Daniel Hurst “Flexibility in a time of great change is a vital quality.” Brian Tracy #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501 #no-kings-2 #october-18 #unity

CONVERSATION “Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.” General Omar Bradley “My course is set for an uncharted sea.” Dante Alighieri #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501 #no-kings-2 #october-18 #unity

CONVERSATION “Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.” Oprah Winfrey “Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts. “

CONVERSATION “I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.” Gerry Spence “The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size.” Albert Einstein

CONVERSATION “Joy and truth both have a way of peeking through any dark curtain. “ Margarita Engle. “Laughter connects you with people. It is almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you are just howling with laughter.

A CONVERSATION “Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead.” Kara Goucher “Don't look back and ask, Why? Look ahead and ask, Why not?” Neil Patel

A CONVERSATION “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King “Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters.” Margaret Peters

A CONVERSATION “Light is the symbol of truth.” James Russell Lowell “There are two ways of spreading light: to be a candle or a mirror that reflects it.” Edith Wharton

“Don’t lose hope. If you lose hope, you become apathetic and do nothing. And if you want to save what is still beautiful in this world - if you want to save the planet for future generations, your grandchildren, their grandchildren - then think about the actions you take each day.” Jane Goodall

A CONVERSATION “Times like these always reveal that the veil of civility is thinner than we thought... but that the hearts of good people are greater than we imagined.” Steve Maraboli “Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment.

A CONVERSATION “The other side of every fear is a freedom.” Marilyn Ferguson “You’ve met your match!” Father Michael Pfleger #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501 #no-kings-2 #october-18 #unity #face #fear #marilyn-ferguson

A CONVERSATION “The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.” John F Kennedy “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

A CONVERSATION “It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it.” Pirkei Avot 2:16 “Remember this: TRY” Karis Nemik - ANDOR #dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501 #no-kings-2 #october-18 #unity