Jefferson Nickel Quotes & Sayings

Over the years I've found it much more helpful to follow the advice of Sister Liebert and seek to treat each young person as a teacher from God, someone God has placed in my life in order to help me grow in faith. When I encounter a young person, I find it much more helpful to think that she (or he) may be the only Jesus I'll ever know. Perhaps by seeking to encounter the presence of Christ in young people, we'll find ourselves better able to see them, hear them, feel compassion for them, and respond in kindness. — Mark Yaconelli

While I bathed, while I tried but failed to sleep, I considered how I might become more like the women I respected and admired. Surrounded as I was by ambitious, accomplished women, I couldn't ignore the little voice in my head that said maybe I was supposed to shed halfway, and do something significant. Contribute something. Accomplish something. Choose. Be. — Therese Anne Fowler

Everyone drinks more during a recession; they want to forget. — Christian Audigier

Trust creates the sharing of ideas, plans, and feelings that becomes a gift that you can treasure. — Elizabeth Bourgeret

Don't make your life's mission to become someone people know and loathe; there are experts already in such endeavors and the world doesn't need any more. — Robert J. Braathe