"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."- Mahatma Gandhi (via erinviewmaster)
"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."- Goethe (favorite quote of our Country Director, Anne Braghetta)
(Source: dan-and-tory)
“The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we’re not apologetic about it.” -Sargent Shriver, first director of the Peace Corps This photo of Peace Corps Volunteer Michael was taken during a GLOW/BRO camp in the Volta region of Ghana this past summer. http://bit.ly/1Q252XL
"…after you’ve seen a glimpse of your dream, you will try to figure out a way to reach it no matter what."- Valters Vestmanis, “A Summer to Remember” (via exchangealumni)
“Peace is not something you wish for; it’s something you make, something you do, something you are and something you give away.”–John Lennon
"Do the things you used to talk about doing but never did. Know when to let go and when to hold on tight. Stop rushing. Don’t be intimidated to say it like it is. Stop apologizing all the time. Learn to say no, so your yes has some oomph. Spend time with the friends who lift you up, and cut loose the ones who bring you down. Stop giving your power away. Be more concerned with being interested than being interesting. Be old enough to appreciate your freedom, and young enough to enjoy it. Finally, know who you are."- Kristin Armstrong
(via caitodee)
Mexican Saying
“Ni modo”
Loose English translation - “oh well” or “can´t be helped”
Used when something doesn´t go your way, when you do something embarrassing, when reminding someone they have to do something even if they don´t want to do it, when the streets are flooded and you have to go to work anyway, when a bird poops on your street tacos, when your project is delayed for over a year because of government bureaucracy.
Ni modo, tiene que hacerlo.
(via masianmigration)
"I tell my students, ‘When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game."- Toni Morrison (via wordsnquotes)
(Source: wordsnquotes.com, via thebluewagon-deactivated2021040)
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
Happy Monday!
“And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future.” - President John F. Kennedy
(Source: bit.ly)
"World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion."- The Dalai Lama (via lazyyogi)
"Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t need a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart."- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - February 4, 1968
(Source: thekingcenter.org)
"No matter where you are, people are people, and no matter where you are, you find a way to fit in."- Peace Corps Volunteer Lauren Falk
(Source: bit.ly)
For dreamers who do.