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“Nothing could ever be broken that we can’t fix together.”

"I have never had a donor say to me, 'Please stop thanking me.’”

"Rest is not a reward for good work. It is a requirement of good work.”

“Gratitude is the memory of the heart.”

“We only have what we give.”

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”

“The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.”

“Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.”

“Where there is a tree to plant, plant it.”

“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”

“I do not study to know more, but to ignore less.”

“Work is love made visible.”

“Many small people, in small places, doing small things, can change the world.”

“Power is not brute force and money; power is in your spirit.”

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way.”

“We are what we imagine.”

“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. “

“Compassion is a verb.”

“We are all part of one another.”

“In a time of destruction, create something.”

“All flourishing is mutual.”

“If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”

“When I choose to see the good side of things, I’m not being naive. It is strategic and necessary.”

“Sí se puede. / Yes, it can be done.”

“We must be impatient for change. Let us remember that our voice is a precious gift and we must use it.”

“Joy is an act of resistance.”

“Another world is possible.”

“Hope is a discipline.”

“Life’s not a spectator sport.”

“Just keep swimming.”

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”

“Some people are worth melting for.”

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.”

“One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.”

“With great power comes great responsibility.”

“Invest in the human soul.”

“The only way you really see change, is by helping create it”

"We must listen for compassion, not to fix it.”

"You need to build boundaries with yourself for yourself. We always talk about boundaries with other people, but what about the boundaries with ourselves?”

"Fundraising is a relationship business.”

"Fundraising works best when it feels like a partnership and not like pressure."

“When you show up, watch how your community shows up for you.”

"When we feel good, we do good — and belonging helps us feel really good."

"The work you do matters so much. It matters even more now. We have to stick together, keep our heads up high — you've got this."

"There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing."

"Do or do not. There is no try"

"Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude."

"The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.”

"If you look for the light, you can often find it, but if you look for the dark, it is all you will ever see.”

"You know what the happiest animal on Earth is? It's a goldfish. You know why? Got a 10-second memory.”

“I believe in hope. I believe in belief.”

“In the darkest times, hope is something you give yourself. That is the meaning of inner strength.”

"All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you. The only lasting truth is change."

"Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right."

"There are years that ask questions and years that answer."

"A chief protects his own. We are not perfect, but we show up for each other. That is what makes us who we are."

"We choose to be good because of our bonds with other people and our innate desire to treat them well. That is what we owe each other."

"Sometimes the best way to solve your own problems is to help someone else".

"Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten."

"Just because something works doesn't mean it cannot be improved."

"Your identity is your most valuable possession. Protect it."

"The only way to get what you want in this world is through hard work."

"I will never, ever turn my back on people who need me."

"There is nowhere you could go that I won't be with you."

"I am not my hair. I am not this skin. I am the soul that lives within."

“Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses, because we were born this way.”

"I don't like to gamble, but if there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself."

"No matter where you're from, your dreams are valid."

"Purpose is the essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history."

"I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest."

"Never a failure, always a lesson."

"It's O.K. not to be O.K."

"Ditch the dream and be a doer, not a dreamer."

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."

"You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart."

"I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger."

"I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear."

"I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall."

"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead."

"Nobody's free until everybody's free."

"For there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it."

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."

"Truth is powerful and it prevails."

"The more that you're able to talk to the person like they feel like they're being seen, the more likely that they are going to continue to support the mission that you are serving. And it feels one to one, even though it's that one to many."

"We're hardwired to learn through storytelling. Stories allow us to connect, invest, and build positive relationships with a cause."

"Elmo thinks it's important to be kind because if you're kind to somebody, then they'll be kind to somebody, and it goes on and on and on."

"To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will.”

"Fundraising isn't about the money, that's just one outcome. Fundraising is about people."

"I hope you're proud of yourself for the times you've said 'yes,' when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else."

"If you need to raise funds from donors, you need to study them, respect them, and build everything you do around them."

"You just can't beat the person who never gives up”

"Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer."

"However, community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one another."

"There are specific words that our donors identify with. When we write acknowledgments like 'thank you for your compassion' and 'your generous support,' people really feel seen, heard, and valued."

"Belonging is a really powerful motivator."

"Giving feels good. People love to give."

"Don't think newsworthy. Think noteworthy."

"Trust is our work."