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“That which constitutes the cause of the economic poverty of our age is what the English call over-production (which means that a mass of things are made which are of no use to anybody, and with which nothing can be done).”
― Leo Tolstoy

“I am & have been for years a confirmed anti-vaccinationist. Anti-vaccination has no backing from the orthodox medical opinion. A medical man who expresses himself against vaccination loses caste. Tremendous pecuniary interests too have grown around vaccination.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“God lets you go through challenges to give you credibility in a certain area and the ability to help someone else out of a situation that you once were in.”
― T.D. Jakes

“With all my soul I longed to be in a position to join with the people in performing the rites of their faith, but I could not do it. I felt that I would be lying to myself, mocking what was sacred to me, if I were to go through with it.”
― Leo Tolstoy

“Each of us is what we are because of the DOMINATING THOUGHTS which we permit to occupy our mind.
― Napoleon Hill

“For it is an unbroken torture to me that I am still so far from Him, who, as I fully know, governs every breath of my life, and whose offspring I am. I know that it is the evil passions within that keep me so far from Him, and yet I cannot get away from them. But I must close. I can only take up the actual story in the next chapter.   M.K. Gandhi The Ashram, Sabarmati, Ahmedabad 26th November, 1925”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“There might, Gentlemen, be an impropriety in my taking notice, in this Address to you, of an anonymous production, but the manner in which that performance has been introduced to the army, the effect it was intended to have, together with some other circumstances, will amply justify my observations on the tendency of that Writing. With respect to the advice given by the Author, to suspect the Man, who shall recommend moderate measures and longer forbearance, I spurn it, as every Man, who regards liberty, and reveres that justice for which we contend, undoubtedly must; for if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of Speech may be taken away, and dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter.”
― George Washington

“Reading God’s Word and meditating on its truth will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart, and will be demonstrated in your life. Let nothing take the place of this daily privilege.”
― Billy Graham

“Take the first step in faith, you don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
― Martin Luther King Jr

“Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“Health, learning and virtue will ensure your happiness; they will give you a quiet conscience, private esteem and public honour.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“I was wrong when I said that I did not regret the past. I do regret it; I weep for the past love which can never return. Who is to blame, I do not know. Love remains, but not the old love; its place remains, but it is all wasted away and has lost all strength and substance; recollections are still left, and gratitude; but...”
― Leo Tolstoy

“Whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever you’ve been through, it’s never too late to begin again.” 
― Joyce Meyer

“Puddleglum's my name. But it doesn't matter if you forget it. I can always tell you again.”
― C.S. Lewis

“believe leadership is servanthood. It’s my responsibility to make sure my people have what they need to succeed and get their work done.”
― John C. Maxwell

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