“Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love.”
"'We, the people.’ It is a very eloquent beginning. But when that document was completed on the seventeenth of September in 1787 I was not included in that "We, the people." I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton, just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation and court decision I have finally been included in ‘We, the people.’"
- Barbara Jordan
Awareness
"How do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance -- the one value that is indispensable in creating community."
- Barbara Jordan
Compassion
"One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves."
- Barbara Jordan
Compassion
"What the people want is simple: they want an America as good as its promise."
- Barbara Jordan
Hope
"What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise."
- Barbara Jordan
Hope
"It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent."
- Charlie Munger
Wisdom
"So be careful to live your life wisely, not foolishly."
Wisdom
"In old age is wisdom; understanding in a long life."
Wisdom
"Keep your friends close, your enemies closer and receipts for all major purchases."
- Bridger Winegar
Wisdom
"Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter."
- Zimbabwean Proverb
Wisdom