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Teach Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alice Stone Ilchman
"Teach students to be constructive troublemakers. That is, informed, self-aware citizens who have the instinct to question, to address complexity and to work for their beliefs."
As a Man Thinketh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Allen
"A man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed-seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind."
Tea Bag Wisdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salada tea bag
"A one-track mind is not bad—if the track leads somewhere."
Oil of Mirth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henry Ward Beecher
"Mirth is God’s medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. Grim care, moroseness, anxiety—all this rust of life—ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth."
Instrument of Thy Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Paton
"To love means to bring one’s whole life under discipline, extreme in the case of [St.] Francis, wholesome in the case of most others. This discipline, refraining from any unloving or mean or cruel act, and positively, the offering of oneself to be made an instrument of God’s peace."
Spiritual Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymous
"No one has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual maturity until they have found it finer to serve someone else than to serve themselves."
Build Effective Teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Roger Merrill
"When people work together, interacting on a foundation of trust and unified commitment, they are transformed. Some-thing new is created. This is when we learn understanding, gain new insights and learn our greatest lessons. But it requires us to let go of our need for control."
Give Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erasmus,
Sunbeams: Book of Quotations, p. 1"Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself."
Finding the Healing Tale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alida Gersie
"When we are touched by a story, we are amongst others moved, because the tale resonates with our own life experience. Its echo has called forth the half-remembered fragments of the story of our life. Thus, every storyteller connects listeners not only with the nurturing myths of their culture but also with told and untold life events."
To Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymous
"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are more important than the events that occur."
Pro-Life Miracle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arthur Rubenstein
"My mother did not want a seventh child, so she decided to get rid of me before I was born. Then a marvelous thing happened: my aunt dissuaded her, and so I was permitted to be born. Think of it, it was a miracle!"
Wisdom Seeds
"It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action." Al Batt
"Plan every day to be an exciting adventure in living." Dr. Rich Davis
Skilled Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bertrand Russell
"Skilled work, of no matter what kind, is only done well by those who take a certain pleasure in it, quite apart from its utility, either to themselves in earning a living, or to the world through its outcome."
On Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Will Rogers
"Nowadays people are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke, when it used to be vice versa."
Reading Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Source Unknown
I codnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was radgnieg
The Paomnnehal Pweor of the Hmuan Mnid
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a wrodare, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is that the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
So much for all the spelling tests we ever had!
Value of Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Arthur Ward
"We must be silent before we can listen;
We must listen before we can learn;
We must learn before we can prepare;
We must prepare before we can serve;
We must serve before we can lead;
We must lead before we can know one of the real values of silence."
Need a Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earl Nightingale,
INSIGHT, # 52, p. 3"The Danish philosopher Kierkegaard found that despair means not being oneself. Nothing can make a person sick sooner than feeling useless, unwanted, unchallenged and unneeded, or the feeling that the values other people pursue are empty and joyless for him or her.…
I think we need to point out to more people—people who are secretly bored or unhappy—that they can live wonderfully long, interesting and happy lives if they will take the trouble to find themselves, and what it is they really want…"
Needed: Big Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Bill Denton, Pulpit Helps, 6/04
"Small boys learn to be large men in the presence of large men who care about small boys."
Honor Is How You Perceive It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kent Crockett,
I Once Was Blind, but Now I Squint, via Pulpit Helps, May 2004
"If you could win an Olympic medal, which would you prefer—the silver or the bronze? A study of Olympic medal winners produced some unexpected results. Most people would assume the silver medal winners would be happier than the bronze medalists since they received a higher honor, but that wasn’t the case. The bronze medalists, who came in third place, were found to be happier than the silver medalists, who finished in second place.
The former Olympians explained how they felt about their medals. The third-place winners were thrilled just to have won a medal. The silver medalists, on the other hand, felt like losers because they didn’t come in first.
What happens to you is not nearly as important (in your eyes) as how you perceive what happens to you."
Path to Peace & Honor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charley Reese
Gen. Robert E. Lee…wrote to his son in 1852:
"You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion and take it granted you meant to do right. If a friend asks for a favor, you should grant it, if it is reasonable; if not, tell him plainly why you cannot. You will wrong him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind.
"Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one; the man who requires you to do so is dearly purchased at a sacrifice. Deal kindly, but firmly, with all your classmates…Above all, do not appear to others what you are not. If you have any fault with any one, tell him, not others, of what you complain; there is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man’s face and another behind his back. We should live, act and say nothing to the injury of any one. It is not only best as a matter of principle, but it is the path to peace and honor."
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