"The things one most often tries to hide are the things most easily seen."

~Sleepy Hollow

"To the world you may be just a teacher, but to your students you are a hero."

~Anonymous

"A hug is the shortest distance between friends."

~Anonymous

"Every child deserves a champion- an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be."

~Rita Pierson

"Kids don't learn from people they don't like."

~Rita Pierson

"Work for a cause, not for applause.  Live life to express, not to impress.  Don't strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt."

~Anonymous 

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters and create many ripples."

~Mother Teresa

"When led of the Spirit, the child of God must be as ready to wait as to go, and as prepared to be silent as to speak."

~Lewis Sperry Chafer

"Some believe that it is only great power that can hold evil in check.  But that is not what I've found.  I found it is the small things.  Every day deeds by ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay."

~Gandalf

"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