African American Quotations

1. AfricanAmericanQuotes.org is a website providing hundreds of quotations by African Americans. Added 1/17/2016
2. 27 Amazingly Powerful Quotes from Black Writers is an article written by the Huffington Post on February 5, 2014 for Black History Month. Added 1/17/2016

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To see all the African American related posts on the Quote Light blog search with the "African American" label.

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

Mahatma Gandhi

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You must be the change you wish to see in the world (Proverbia.net). Added 1/11/2016

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The photo of Gandhi is in the Public Domain.

Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)

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Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy (Top 50 Saints' Quotes). Added 1/10/2016

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Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible (Brainy Quote). Added 1/7/2016

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Picture: The painting of St. Francis of Assisi is in the Public Domain.

Chinese Proverbs

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If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (The Quotations Page). Added 1/10/2016

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The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now (Kevin Kruse, Top 100 Inspirational Quotes). Added 1/10/2016

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Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994)

Leonard Ravenhill

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If weak in prayer, we are weak everywhere (Leonard-ravenhill.com/quotes).Added 1/7/2016

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Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for? (Leonard-ravenhil.com/quotes) Added 8/11/2013

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Photo: The photo in this post of Leonard Ravenhill is from the Wikipedia Commons. The photo of his grave marker is in the Wikipedia Commons.

John Adams (1735-1826)

John Adams

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Always stand on principle....even if you stand alone (John Adams Historical Society). Added 1/6/2016

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The image of John Adams is in the Public Domain.

Jewish Quotations

1. JewishQuotations.com is a massive database of Jewish Quotations. The website was formerly called the Jewish Wisdom Database. Added 1/5/2016

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Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810)

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If you are not a better person tomorrow than you are today, what need have you for a tomorrow? (20 Favorite Jewish Quotes). Added 1/5/2016

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Timothy Keller (b. 1950)

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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn't suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him (Goodreads). Added 1/5/2016

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The observer of beauty always receives a passion to share the beauty with others (Top 10 Tim Keller Quotes, CrossMap). Added 2/8/2014

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God will only give you what you would have asked for if you knew everything he knows (Goodreads). Added 8/31/2011

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For information on Timothy Keller see his biography at The Resurgence.

Franz Kafka (1883-1924)

Franz Kafka, 1917

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Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old (18 Inspiring Quotes from Awesome Jewish Writers). Added 1/4/2016

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Photo: The photo of Franz Kafka is in the Public Domain.

Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Winston Churchill

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There is nothing wrong in change, if it is in the right direction. To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often (June 23, 1925 cited in Langworth, Churchill: In His Own Words via Churchill Central). Added 1/4/2016

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It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations (Top 25 Winston Churchill Quotes).  Added 7/18/2012

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We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give (Top 25 Winston Churchill Quotes).   Added 8/10/2011.

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For more information on Winston Churchill visit The Winston Churchill Centre and Museum.

Photo: This photo is from the United Kingdom Government and is in the Public Domain. It is listed on Wikipedia.

Dwight L Moody (1837-1899)

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If God is your partner, make your plans BIG! (Patheos.com). Added 1/3/2016

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Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The way to trouble God is not to come at all (Good Reads). Added 6/2/2012

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Photo: The photo in this post is in the Public Domain.

A.W. Tozer (1897-1963)

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The God who has revealed himself to needy men and women wants us to know that when we have Him, we have everything--we have all the rest! (Tozer Devotional, We Have It All). Added 1/3/2016

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In trying to count our many blessings the difficulty is not to find things to count, but to find time to enumerate them all (The Root of the Righteous, GoodReads.com). Added 2/2/2015

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God is love and God is sovereign. His love disposes Him to desire our everlasting welfare and His sovereignty enables Him to secure it (A.W. Tozer Quotes, The Knowledge of the Holy). Added 9/5/2013

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