QUOTES

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. ~William Penn Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~Mark Twain If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love. ~Mark Twain How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. ~George Washington Carver Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. ~John Quincy Adams When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time." ~Author Unknown I have my own little world, but it's okay - they know me here. ~Author Unknown No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it. ~Harry Emerson Fosdick Don't let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries. ~Astrid Alauda If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together, there is something you always must remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart, I will always be with you. - Winnie the Pooh I want to say I deserve better and mean it. I want to say I give up and believe it. I want to say Im moving on and do it. ~unknown If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances. ~Julia Soul Ive learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~Maya Angelou

Ive come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. Its my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a childs life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or de-humanized. ~Dr. Haim Ginott Love me when I least deserve itbecause thats when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb The truth may hurt for a little while, but a lie hurts forever ~Unknown If I never met you, I wouldnt like you. If I didnt like you, I wouldnt love you. If I didnt love you, I wouldnt miss you. But I did, I do, and I will. ~Unknown Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. ~Unknown Sincere forgiveness isnt colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Dont worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time. ~Sara Paddison True friendship isnt about being there when its convenient; its about being there when its not. ~Unknown If they cant get close enough to hurt you, they cant get close enough to love you. ~Unknown Love that we cannot have is the one that lasts the longest, hurts the deepest and feels the strongest. ~Unknown When you smiled, you had my undivided attention. When you laughed, you had my urge to laugh with you. When you cried, you had my urge to hold you. When you said you loved me, you had my heart forever. ~Unknown Spiteful words can hurt your feelings, but silence breaks your heart ~Unknown May the love hidden deep inside your heart find the love waiting in your dreams. May the laughter that you find in your tomorrow wipe away the pain you find in your yesterdays. ~Unknown I wish I could walk away and forget what we have, but I cantbecause I know you wont come after me, and I guess thats what hurts the most. ~Unknown A true friend is someone who is there for you when hed rather be anywhere else. ~Len Wein

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction. ~Alvin Toffler A (*)leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. ~Ralph Lauren (*)= teacher (Jim alteration) A (*)leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there. ~David Gergen (*)= teacher (Jim alteration) If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes. ~Andrew Carnegie Vision is not enough. It must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. ~Vaclav Havel America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men. ~Woodrow Wilson The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities. ~James Allen A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown. ~Denis Waitley Vision reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture --Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own. ~Robert Collier Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world. ~Joel A. Barker You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration. ~James Lane Allen Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. ~Gail Devers The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. ~Vince Lombardi

When I admit to myself how limited my insight is, I see much clearer.... ~Kyle Lockhart

Sometimes all we need is strength to make it through another day. Sometimes we are not sure we have that strength. When your burdens become too great and you have given so much there is not much left to give, then take this prayer and put it in your pocket for when you need it most. May the breath of life, the first breath, the gift of God to all that moves under heaven, come into you and renew your spirit. Be strong again, not with grim determination, but quiet confidence. Be refreshed in a healing love over which no darkness will ever prevail. ~Steven Charleston Dont judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant - Robert Louis Stevenson. The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be Marcel Pagnol. Dont ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive Howard Thurman. There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein. Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no ones definition of your life; define yourself - Harvey Fierstein. Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, It comes and sits softly on your shoulder. - Henry David Thoreau If youre going through hell, keep going Winston Churchill. Feelings come and feelings go. There is no need to fear them and no need to crave them. Let them come, and then let them go. No feeling is your permanent reality, no matter how intense it is. When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us Alexander Graham Bell. "In seeking happiness for others, you find it for yourself." Anonymous "If you want happiness for an hour ? take a nap. If you want happiness for a day ? go fishing. If you want happiness for a year ? inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime ? help someone else." Chinese Proverb

Your faith has made you well. Against all odds, against all assaults on your health or happiness, against the kind of news you cannot accept but cannot escape. Your faith has seen you through. It has given you courage. It has allowed you to help those you love and offered you hope when hope was more precious than gold. Faith has kept you safe and lifted you up and made you laugh and shown you the wonder that is your life, the joy that is your inheritance. Go in peace today and never be afraid. Your faith has made you well. ~Steven Charleston~

Friends can be said to "fall in like" with as profound a thud as romantic partners fall in love. ~Letty Cottin Pogrebin Friends are kisses blown to us by angels. ~Author Unknown It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. ~Marlene Dietrich A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart. ~Attributed to Heather Pryor When you win, I will proudly tell the world, Hey, thats my friend. But when you lose, I will sit by your side, hold your hand, and say, Hey, I am your friend.

"It is from 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." Robert F. Kennedy King Jr., Martin Luther "I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word." "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes strong than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism -- ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt "Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear." -W E Gladstone

John F. Kennedy What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label "Liberal?" If by "Liberal" they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who

is unconcerned with the taxpayer's dollar, then ... we are not that kind of "Liberal." But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."

Do not shed tears when I have gone but smile instead because I have lived. Do not shut your eyes and pray to God that I'll come back but open your eyes and see all that I have left behind. I know your heart will be empty because you cannot see me but still I want you to be full of the love we shared. You can turn your back on tomorrow and live only for yesterday or you can be happy for tomorrow because of what happened between us yesterday. You can remember me and grieve that I have gone or you can cherish my memory and let it live on. You can cry and lose yourself, become distraught and turn your back on the world or you can do what I want Smile, wipe away the tears, learn to love again and go on.
-David Harkins Remember Me, 1982

Remember Me Do not shed tears when I have gone but smile instead because I have lived. Do not shut your eyes and pray to God that I'll come back but open your eyes and see all that I have left behind. I know your heart will be empty because you cannot see me but still I want you to be full of the love we shared. You can turn your back on tomorrow and live only for yesterday or you can be happy for tomorrow because of what happened between us yesterday. You can remember me and grieve that I have gone or you can cherish my memory and let it live on. You can cry and lose yourself, become distraught and turn your back on the world or you can do what I want smile, wipe away the tears, learn to love again and go on.

God help me not to walk backwards through life. Keep me from being so focused on what is past that I fail to savor what is present or imagine what is to come. Let me learn my lessons that I may not repeat my own history of mistakes. Let me reflect on past glories but with enough humility to know they are memories not mandates.

Free me from lingering regret, anger too long carried, hurt that haunts my dreams and steals the joy from what I should now cherish as your healing gift. Turn my face forward, God, that I may better see you coming to meet me. ~ Steven Charleston ~

Pooh whispered Piglet Yes Piglet Nothing said Piglet, taking Poohs hand. I just wanted to be sure of you.