September 11 Quotes
These quotes all have special meaning to me. They all relate to September 11, in my opinion. They range from quotes before and after the attacks, and ones that are directly related to the attacks as well as ones that simply express what it is to be an American.

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we will pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of Liberty." ~ President John F. Kennedy

“I fear that all I have done is awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.” ~ Admiral Yamamoto after the Pearl Harbor attack, December 7, 1941

"Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society." ~ Henry Bolingbroke

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much." ~ Mother Teresa

This is longer than many other quotes, but it was read at a school assembly today, and it really touched me:
        "People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
          Forgive them anyway.

        If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
          Be kind anyway.

        If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
          Succeed anyway.

          If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
          Be honest and frank anyway.

        What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
          Build anyway.

          If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
          Be happy anyway.

       The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
          Do good anyway.

        Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
          Give the world the best you've got anyway.

        You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
          It was never between you and them anyway." ~ Mother Teresa

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