Choose at least one quote from the following list to inspire and direct your reflective journal. Be sure to connect the qu

Choose at least one quote from the following list to inspire and direct your reflective journal. Be sure to connect the quote to your personal service experience.  must be a minimum of 200 words 

"Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke, British statesman and orator

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd US President

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance” Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), US Attorney General and Senator, 1966

 “It's time for greatness — not for greed. It's a time for idealism — not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action… A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back — but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.” Marian Wright Edelman, social activist and founder of the Children’s Defense Fund