Literature Review

Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ~Walt Whitman 

Whether it is a tsunami, or whether it is a hurricane, whether it’s an earthquake – when we see these great fatal and natural acts, men and women of every ethnic persuasion come together and they just want to help. ~ Martin Luther King III

There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas. ~ Susan Cain

Hang in there, we're halfway through the year! ~ Unknown

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. ~Moshe Dayan 

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.

The Earth and myself are of one mind. Perhaps you think the Creator sent you here to dispose of us as you see fit. If I thought you were sent by the Creator I might be induced to think you had a right to dispose of me. ~ Chief Joseph, Nez Perce Tribe

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right. ~ Peter Marshall

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost. ~ Arthur Ashe

With freedom comes responsibility. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. ~ Abraham Lincoln

America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for me. You let me make a difference. A place where even orphan immigrants can leave their fingerprints and rise up. ~ Lin Manuel Miranda, as Alexander Hamilton, in Broadway's 2014 Hamilton

July is a picnic and a red canoe and a sunburned neck and a softball game and ice tinkling in a tall glass. ~ Hal Borland