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Sunday Inspiration: Commitment

Commitment is doing what you said you would do, after the feeling you said it in has passed.
—Saint Camillus

Sunday Inspiration: Unforgettable

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
—Maya Angelou

Sunday Inspiration: I Don’t Want Peace

If peace means keeping my mouth shut in the midst of injustice and evil, I don’t want it. If peace means a willingness to be exploited economically, dominated politically, humiliated and segregated, I don’t want peace.
—Martin Luther King Jr.

Sunday Inspiration: The Wrong Thing

Few people revel in doing the wrong thing. Most of us just convince ourselves it’s not all that wrong.
—Tim Fall

Sunday Inspiration: Mystery

It looks like I’m going to have to let go of what I expected and enter a mystery.
—Eugene Peterson

Sunday Inspiration: Living for Others

Rivers do not drink their own water; trees do not eat their own fruit; the sun does not shine on itself and flowers do not spread their fragrance for themselves. Living for others is a rule of nature. We are all born to help each other. No matter how difficult it is…. Life is good when you are happy; but much better when others are happy because of you.
—Pope Francis

Sunday Inspiration: The Ultimate Measure

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
—Martin Luther King Jr.

Sunday Inspiration: The Real Questions

Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions.
—Henri Nouwen

Sunday Inspiration: Leadership

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower

Sunday Inspiration: Injustice

We are not simply to bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheel of injustice. We are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer