The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet. ― Frederick Buechner

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Turn around and believe that the good news that we are loved is better than we ever dared hope, and that to believe in that good news, to live out of it and toward it, to be in love with that good news, is of all glad things in this world the gladdest thing of all. Amen, and come Lord Jesus. ― Frederick Buechner

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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass. — Maya Angelou

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Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself -- Rumi

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Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

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Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.

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The world is full of wonders; open your heart and let them in.

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You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue. ―C. JoyBell C

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To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash. — Bill Nye

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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

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