“Success is measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles a person has overcome.” – Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915, quote found on a Good Earth tea bag (20050530mo)
Category: Politics
Presidency, Democracy
“When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I’m beginning to believe it.” – Clarence Darrow, 1857-1938, quote found on a Good Earth tea bag (20050522su)
Live the Answer, Peace
“It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.” – Alfred Adler, 1870-1937, quote found on a Good Earth tea bag (20050512th)
Democracy, Cooperative, Collective, Shared, Commons
“The truth is the property of no individual, but is the treasure of all people.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, quote found on a Good Earth tea bag (20050305sa)
Activism, Actions, Results
“You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no results.” – Gandhi (20050105we1649)
Religion, Country
“The world is my country, all mankind my brethren, and to do good is my religion.” – Thomas Paine (20050105we1649)
Activism, Peace
“If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” – Moshe Dayan, 1915-1981, found on Good Earth tea bag (20041221tu)
War, Peace
“We make war that we may live in peace.” – Aristotle, 384 BC – 322 BC, found on Good Earth tea bag (20041221tu)
Humility, Open Mindedness
“Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.” Charles A. Dana, 1819-1897, found on Good Earth tea bag (20041221tu)
Proactive, Assertive, Successful, Planning
“There are people who handle situations and there are people who are handled by situations.” – found on Yogi Tea bag (20041215we)
Progress, Progressive, Freedom of Speech
“The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.” – Matthew Arnold, 1822-1888, found on Good Earth tea bag (20041215we)
Patriot, Government
“It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government.” – Thomas Paine (20041116tu0910)