Quotations and Proverbs

THE BIGGEST HUMAN TEMPTATION IS TO SETTLE FOR TOO LITTLE. ~ Thomas Merton

GOD APPOINTS OUR GRACES TO BE NURSES TO OTHER MEN'S WEAKNESSES. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

THERE ARE HIGH SPOTS IN ALL OF OUR LIVES AND MOST OF THEM HAVE COME ABOUT THROUGH ENCOURAGEMENT FROM SOMEONE ELSE. I DON'T CARE HOW GREAT, HOW FAMOUS OR SUCCESSFUL A MAN OR WOMAN MAY BE, EACH HUNGERS FOR APPLAUSE. ~ George Matthew Adams

CORRECTION DOES MUCH, BUT ENCOURAGEMENT DOES MORE. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

OUR CHIEF WANT IS SOMEONE WHO WILL INSPIRE US TO BE WHAT WE KNOW WE COULD BE. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

OUR CHIEF WANT IS SOMEONE WHO WILL INSPIRE US TO BE WHAT WE KNOW WE COULD BE. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

IN EVERYONE'S LIFE, AT SOME TIME, OUR INNER FIRE GOES OUT. IT IS THEN BURST INTO FLAME BY AN ENCOUNTER WITH ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. WE SHOULD ALL BE THANKFUL FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO REKINDLE THE INNER SPIRIT. ~ Albert Schweitzer

WE MUST ACCEPT OUR LIMITATIONS, AND THE QUICKEST WAY TO BURN OUT IS TO TRY TO BE SUPERMAN. HUMILITY IS BEING HONEST ABOUT YOUR WEAKNESSES. ~ Rick Warren

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BURN BOOKS TO DESTROY A CULTURE. JUST GET PEOPLE TO STOP READING THEM. ~ Ray Bradbury

TIME IS WATER IN THE DESERT, A TEACHER’S MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE: TO BE HUSBANDED, GUARDED, AND CONSERVED. EVERY MINUTE MATTERS. ~ Doug Lemov

THE WAY TO DEVELOP THE BEST THAT IS IN A MAN IS BY APPRECIATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT. ~ Charles Schwab

FLATTER ME, AND I MAY NOT BELIEVE YOU. CRITICIZE ME, AND I MAY NOT LIKE YOU. IGNORE ME, AND I MAY NOT FORGIVE YOU. ENCOURAGE ME, AND I WILL NOT FORGET YOU. ~ William Arthur Ward

FLATTER ME, AND I MAY NOT BELIEVE YOU. CRITICIZE ME, AND I MAY NOT LIKE YOU. IGNORE ME, AND I MAY NOT FORGIVE YOU. ENCOURAGE ME, AND I WILL NOT FORGET YOU. ~ William Arthur Ward

THE LIGHT WHICH EXPERIENCE GIVES IS A LANTERN ON THE STERN, WHICH SHINES ONLY ON THE WAVES BEHIND US. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIFTING THE WORLD ONWARD AND UPWARD ARE THOSE WHO ENCOURAGE MORE THAN THEY CRITICIZE. ~ Elizabeth Harrison