Words of Wisdom for the Week Ahead

Some inspiration and some thoughts to ponder. Enjoy your week.

-CNEL

Sunday- "None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots."- Thurgood Marshall, first African-American Supreme Court Justice

Monday-"Truth is powerful and it prevails."-SojournerTruth, African-American abolitionist

Tuesday- "Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment."-Adam Clayton Powell, Civil Rights Leader

Wednesday-"Throw your dreams into space like a kite,and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, or a new country."Anais Nin, Writer

Thursday-"The men American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try and tell them the truth." - H. L. Mencken, writer

Friday-"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm."- Henrik Ibsen, playwright

Saturday-"Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet." -African Proverb