Quotables

Go crazy! Post a favorite quote or photo or link or whatever here. But be aware...sometimes you can tell a lot about a person by looking at their favorite quotes! Also, please do add your initials next to your quote. I did the first one as an example, I am such a Parker Palmer groupie! You only need to include one--but feel free to post as many as you like.

"Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher." — Parker J. Palmer (The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life) ~ SC

As a Religion teacher, this quote from St. Francis of Assisi speaks right to my heart: "Preach the Gospel at all times...if necessary, use words." Mary Helen Olsen

**Quote from Lonna Hanson in Madison, South Dakota: ** **"Teachers are ordinary people who do extraordinary things." I just think that we all need to remember this. I made a small stand up frame with this and keep it on my desk. **

**The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.Martha Washington (1732-1802) The 1st First Lady NBB**


 * Here is one of my favorites​...Nicole Weron....**A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
 * Bob Dylan**


 * I like these two--both simple but true--and one is from Dr. Seuss .** "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened" and "Life is like a pickle. Sometimes it is sweet, sometimes it is sour." --Alissa Hugelman

I have two favorite quotes that I learned from my mother. They apply to parenting and to teaching as well. [Our youngest son (17) is ADHD and bipolar, so needless to say, these two thoughts have helped me keep things in perspective, and learn how to deal with his ever changing moods and actions.] --Beth Bury
 * **If it's not going to matter in 50 years, don't get bent out of shape about it now. **
 * **Pick your battles. **

**I teach at the SD Women's Prison where our students have not been successful at school in the past. In order to help students succeed, I really do need to plant a dream for every student...and then tug, push, lead, and even sometimes do a little poking with the sharp stick called truth... Alberta Rouse**

"The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes, and leads you onto the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth." --Dan Rather

Don't measure the size of the mountain; talk to the One who can move it. - Max Lucado
//**"When you entered this world, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you leave this world, everyone around you is crying and you are the one who is smiling."**// --I like to share this one with my students. I am not sure of the source, but it really speaks to me! Lisa Parry, Arlington

//**"Be kind to everyone for you never know what battles a person is fighting."**// --This is another of my favorites. I got an email from someone once, and this was part of their footer. I use it often in my classroom. Lisa Parry, Arlington

Whether you think that you can or that you can't; you are usually right (Henry Ford) Brent Konvalin

"Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least." (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) --Lauren Antonen

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. **Old Indian saying -- Kim Elder**

**"Luck is when preparation meets opportunity" - Seneca - Tawnya Jensen**

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.--Benjamin Franklin - SG

Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up. --//The Reverend Jesse Jackson// (Amy Howardson)

Go the extra mile; it’s never crowded. –//Author Unknown// (Amy Howardson)

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// (Amy Howardson)

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Reinhold Niebuhr - NB

You can judge a nation by how it treats its animals. Gahndi lhw

Experience is the teacher of all things. Julius Caesar lhw

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give . Kahlil Gibran Kerri SS

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. Author unknown. lhw

God puts **rainbows** in the clouds so that each of us- in the dreariest and most dreaded moments- can see a possibility of hope. Maya Angelou RKB

​It's not easy being green. Kermit the Frog. JG

"People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character." Ralph Waldo Emerson JG So true of school communities too.

"I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand." Anonymous JT "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear." Buddhist Proverb JT

The difference between try and triumph is a little umph. ~Author Unknown (Lorna H)
**Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. Picasso (RS)**

"Good or bad, however, once born we must live with ourselves until the day we die. There arises, then, the inevitable question of how to live. If our ability was not nurtured properly, we have to develop it ourselves. Instead of being defeated by misfortune, we have to make something good of our lives. There is no reason to give up in discouragement; it is possible for every person to improve himself." - Shinichi Suzuki (Shannon Zimiga - I love this quotation and philosophy for me personally and my students. We can all learn and improve from where we are no matter where that is.)

Attitude

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">//And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes. - Chuck Swindoll// (DP)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care. - John Maxwell (DP)

"Strive to be the best you can be....focus, watch, listen, and learn. Try never to be satisfied with 'good enough'...and above all, love what you do...share that passion with others, and always stay humble." (This is one of my favorite quotes. Steve Erickson)

"It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice." Unknown (JJ)

“Success is the result of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” (JJ) "It isn't the load that weighs us down--it's the way we carry it. (BB)

If they don't find you handsome, they may as well find you handy. - my husband (he stole it from Red Green)

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. --//Reinhold Niebuhr// (SL)

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">(--I refer back to this when I need reminding that sometimes things are just out of our control)

As you go through life, Whatever be your goal, Keep your eye upon on the doughnut, And not upon the hole!" (MD)

Albert Einstin has some of my favorite quotes. Ty Barker My favorite "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried something new" Albert Einstin I also really like this quote from Mark Twain "A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn no other way" "Good judgment comes from experence, and often experence comes from bad judgment" Rita Mae Brown "A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else dose man need to be happy" Albert Einstin