All Of Us Celebrate Our Values In

We Need More Than Individual Value Systems; We Need A Shared Vision. A Nation Is Held Together By Shared Values, Shared Beliefs, Shared Attitudes. That Is What Enables A People To Maintain A Cohesive Society Despite The Tensions Of Daily Life. That Is What Enables Them To Rise Above The Conflicts That Plague Any Society.

The [nonprofit] Sector Is The Natural Home Of Nonmajoritarian Impulses, Movements And Values. It Comfortably Harbors Innovators, Maverick Movements, Groups Which Feel They Must Fight For Their Place In The Sun, And Critics Of Both Liberal Conservative Persuasion.

Life Is The Art Of Drawing Without An Eraser.

Storybook Happiness Involves Every Form Of Pleasant Thumb-twiddling; True Happiness Involves The Full Use Of One's Powers And Talents.

Some People May Have Greatness Thrust Upon Them. Very Few Have Excellence Thrust Upon Them. They Achieve It. They Do Not Achieve It Unwittingly, By “doin' What Comes Naturally”; And They Don't Stumble Into It In The Course Of Amusing Themselves. All Excellence Involves Discipline And Tenacity Of Purpose.