"Teaching might be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit."

~John Steinbeck

"Raise your words, not your voice.  It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder."

~Rumi

"We must not in trying to think about how we can make a big difference ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee."

~Marian Wright Edelman

"To love another person is to see the face of God."

~Les Miserables

"Children learn more from what you are than what you teach."

~W.E.B DuBois

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

~Leo Buscaglia  

"Help a child today and you won't have to repair an adult tomorrow."

~Rock House Kids motto

"The Bible is chock-full of time-release truths."

~Anonymous  

"The stars exist that we might know how high our dreams can soar."

~Anonymous  

"Teacher's talk powerfully shapes who students think they are, who they think they can be, and who they ultimately can become."

~Fairclough  

"Butterflies can't see their wings.  They can't see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can.  People are like that, too."

~Anonymous  

"I may not be where I need to be, but I thank God I'm not where I used to be!"

~Joyce Meyer  

"Don't let Satan put a question mark where God has already put a period."

~Anonymous  

"At the end of the day, the only questions I will ask myself are... Did I love enough?  Did I laugh enough? Did I make a difference?"

~Anonymous  

"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard."

~Winnie the Pooh  

"If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you.  If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you."

~Anonymous  

"Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think."

~Albert Einstein  

"Ideal teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own."

~Nikos Kazantzakis 

"Confidence is that feeling I get before I fully realize what I've gotten myself into."

~Seth Lindberg  

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."

~John W. Gardner  

Friday, May 24, 2013

"The earth without art is just eh."

~Anonymous  

"Why worry? If you've done the very best you can, worrying won't make it any better."

~Walt Disney  

"Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes."

~Maggie Kuhn  

"Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it."

~Albus Dumbledore  

"The end of your rope is the beginning of God's doorstep."

~Anonymous