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Sunday Inspiration: Excellence

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
—Booker T. Washington

Sunday Inspiration: You Belong to Me

One doesn’t ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says, You suffer, this is enough for me, you belong to me and I shall help you.
—Louis Pasteur

Sunday Inspiration: The Mind

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
—Plutarch

Sunday Inspiration: Perspective

All of us are together on this small Earth, yet each person thinks that he’s at the center of it.
—Albert Einstein

Sunday Inspiration: Kindness

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.
—Mother Teresa

Sunday Inspiration: Goals

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
—Michelangelo

Sunday Inspiration: Flames of Achievement

Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
—Golda Meir

Sunday Inspiration: School and Life

The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.
—Tom Bodett

Sunday Inspiration: The Deepest Wisdom

The deepest wisdom man can attain is to know that his destiny is to aid, to serve.
—Abraham Heschel

Sunday Inspiration: Empathy and Understanding

One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient.
—Charles M. Blow