With enough knowledge, any problem can be solved.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known

until it be lost. --- Charles Caleb Colton

I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay.

---Dave Matthews Band

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere. --- Tim McGraw

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is

seldom known until it be lost."  Charles Caleb Colton

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.  Josh Billings

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.  Carl Jung

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Dont be afraid to go out on a limb; that is where the fruit is.

When fate shuts a door, come in through a window.

The people on our planet are not standing in a single file line. Look closely. Everyone is really standing in a circle, holding hands. Whatever you give to the person next to you, it eventually comes back to you.

Its a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.  Somerset Maugham

The best mirror is an old friend.  George Herbert

Imagination is more important than knowledge.  Albert Einstein

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.  Duke Ellington

Never lose a chance; it doesnt come everyday.  George Bernard Shaw

There are certain things human beings are not permitted to know  like what we are doing here.  William Burroughs

You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.  Margaret Young

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.  Walter Bagehot

Pick battles big enough to matter and small enough to win.  Johnathan Kozol

Whatever you can do, or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.  Goethe

If you think you can do a thing, or think you cant do a thing youre right.  Henry Ford

A coward dies a hundred deaths, a brave man only once But then, once is enough isnt it?  Judge Henry Stone Night Court

Even if you are on the right track youll get run over if you just stand there.  Will Rodgers

You have to climb the mountain to see the view.

Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.  Forrest Gump

Love is like a butterfly. It goes where it pleases and pleases where it goes.

We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough. (Helen Keller)

Continuous effort -- not strength or intelligence -- is the key to unlocking our potential. (Sir Winston Churchill)

Courage, isn't being unafraid. Courage, is doing what needs to be done, in spite of your terror.

Remember this, Orville Wright did not have a pilots license.

-from the book, Orbiting the Giant Hairball 

One of the greatest human needs is to know that we matter, that our life counts, and that we are valuable to someone.

Do not wrestle in the mud with pigs. You'll both get dirty.

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.   William Feather

Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect.  It means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections.

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.  Joshua J. Marine

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.  Joseph Addison

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.  Henry Ward Beecher

Do common things in an uncommon way.

The ultimate measure if a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.  John Powell

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.

-         Babe Ruth

"Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose."

~Lyndon Johnson

Always be mindful. Even if your mind is already full.

Coming together is a beginning; staying together is a process; working together is success.

Henry Ford

It is not whether you get knocked down; it is whether you get back up. Vincent Lombardi (football player)

Do, or do not. There is no try.  Yoda (The Empire Strikes Back)

Always give one hundred percent, and you will never have to second guess yourself.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard that anybody else expects of you. Henry Ward Beecher

I tried, but it didnt work, is better than I wish I had tried.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.  John Wooden

In every thought and action, think excellence. Byrd Bagget

People forget how fast you did a job, but they remember how well you did it. Howard W. Newton

Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent

In order to succeed, one must first believe he can. Michael Korda

There is no limit to the good a person can do, if he does not care who gets the credit.

A person will be as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln

The future belongs to those who believe in their abilities.

Anybody with a little ability, a little guts, and the desire to apply himself can make it. Willie Shoemaker

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. William Feather

Experience is a hard teacher because it gives the test first, and the lesson later.  Vernon Law

The greatest discovery is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude. William Jones

People are more opposed to fur than to leather because its safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.

QUOTES ABOUT TEACHING

Teachers help people help themselves.

The way to acquire enthusiasm is to believe in what you are doing, and in yourself, and in something definitely accomplished. Enthusiasm will follow as day the night.  Dale Carnegie - 1888-1945, US author and lecturer whose most famous book How to Win Friends and Influence People sold 4,844,938 copies before his death.

In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. Eric Hofter

The greatest result of all education is developing the ability to do what needs to be done when it should be done, whether you like it or not.  Thomas Huxley

The America of the future will not be so much of a melting pot as it will be a mosaic wed all better find ways to adjust to the changes that are already underway. More tolerance, less resentment needed on languages in the work place.  Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine Aug. 16, 1991

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I dont believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they cant find them, make them. George Bernard Shaw

We dont receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. Marcel Proust

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms- to choose ones attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose ones own way. Victor Frank

The secret of education is respecting the pupil. Ralph Waldo Emerson

A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Educations responsibility is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Malcom Forbes

Everyone who remembers his/her own educational experience remembers teachers, not educational methods and techniques.

-         John Jay Chapman

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupils soul.

-         Muriel Spark

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

-         Henry Adams

Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children.

-         Walt Disney

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless. Mahatma Ghandi

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Ghandi

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Ghandi

Example is not the main thing in influencing people. It is the ONLY thing. Albert Schweitzer

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. Harren G. Bennis

Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. C.W Ceran

The smallest good deed is greater than the greatest good intention.

To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind him. S. Smiles

 Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a mans determination. Tommy Lasorda

Cultivate in yourself the qualities you admire most in others. Arnold Gibson

Dont be afraid of going slowly; be afraid of standing still.

The moment you stop learning, you stop leading.  Rick Warren

 What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him. Louis L. Mann

Leaders must be close enough to relate, but far enough ahead to motivate. John Maxwell

If you play it safe in life, you have decided that you dont want to grow anymore. Shirley Hufstedler

Success requires that you push yourself beyond your comfort zone.

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset- more than power, influence, or money.

Patience is the ability to let your light shine after your fuse has blown.

Of all things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list.

Our satisfaction in life will be in proportion to our contribution.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain

I dont know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. Bill Cosby

To change and improve are different things.

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. Raymond Lindquist

The secret of managing is keeping the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided. Casey Stengel

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. Henry Kissinger

To thine own self be true. William Shakespeare

Carpe Diem. Vita Brevis. (Seize the day. Life is short.) Latin Proverb

What if the Hokey Pokey is really what its all about?  Curtis Spencer

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will, we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an EXCUSE that we way things are impossible. Francois de la Rochefoucauld 

For as long as space endures

And for as long as living beings remain

Until then may I too abide

To dispel the misery of the world.

Dalai Lama

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes that see reality.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.  Dr. Samuel Jackson English Writer

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. W. Somerset Maughan

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny, but what we put into it is ours. Dag Hammerskjold

"It is always possible to approach a goal by a detour.
Theodore Reik, 1888-1969, American psychologist

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. - Oscar Wilde

A belief that does not spring from a conviction of the emotions is no belief at all.  Evelyn Scott

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning. Francis Bacon

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them.

Teachers cant make students learn, but they can set things up so that students want to learn.  Glasser, 1987

The best teacher helps me to do more than answer the questions. The best teacher encourages me to question the answers.

Children need enough rope to get rope burn, but not enough to hang themselves with. Stephen Glenn

Things won are done; joys soul lies in the doing. Shakespeare

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles that one has overcome while trying to succeed.
--Booker T. Washington

No brook is too little to seek the sea.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill

Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.

Progress is not determined by speed; it is achieved with direction.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong wont. (Henry Ward Beecher)

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.  Henry B. Adams

Ones philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.  Eleanor Roosevelt

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece- by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

John Luther

He has achieved success who worked has worked well, laughed often and loved much.

Elbert Hubbard

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

George Hales

I never blame fortune-there are too many complicated situations in life. But, I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Let your performance do the talking.

H. Jackson Brown

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Mark Twain

Patience is a bitter plant, but it has a sweet fruit.

German Proverb

Two men look out through the same bars; one sees mud, and the other stars.

Frederick Langbridge

Human is mankinds greatest blessing.

Mark Twain

What we steadily, consciously, habitually think we are, that we tend to become.

Ana Landers

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.

Louisa May Alcott

You never really lose until you quit trying.

Mike Ditka

Never doubt that small groups of thoughtful, committed people can change the world, indeed its the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead

My share of the work of the world may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.   Helen Keller

I am not a has-been. I am a will be.

Lauren Bacall

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it square in the eye and say, I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

Ana Landers

Life is what happens when your busy making your plans.

John Lennon

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. And swing!

Leo Buscaglia

 The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits on the egg; and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedling of realities.

James Allen

Life asks of every individual a contribution and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.

Viktor Frankl

Whether you think you succeed or not, you are right.

Henry Ford

Nothing endures but change.

Heraclitus

I am only one, but I am only one; I cannot do everything, but I can still do something; and because I cannot do everything I will refuse to do something that I can do.

Edward Hale

Treasure the love you receive above all.  It will survive long

After your gold and health have vanished.

                                                                        Og Mandino

The most permanent lessons in morals are those which come,

Not of book teaching, but of experience.

                                                                        Mark Twain

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

                                                                        William Butler Yeats

You cannot teach people anything.  You can only help them

Discover it within themselves.

                                                                        Galileo

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative

Expression and knowledge.

                                                                        Albert Einstein

A child life is like a piece of paper in which every passerby

leaves a mark. 

                                                                        Chinese proverb

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the

Soul.

                                                                        Joseph Addison

There lives in each of us a hero awaiting the call to action.

                                                                        HJB

You build a successful life a day at a time.

                                                                        Lou Holtz

Never miss an opportunity to risk being great.

                                                                        HJB

Courage is grace under pressure.

                                                Ernest Hemingway

A winner is someone who talks himself out of excuses.

                                                Gin Miller

Wisdom, compassion, and courage- these are the three usual

Universally recognized moral qualities of men.

                                                                        Confucius

Most look up and admire the stars. A champion climbs a

Mountain and grabs one.

                                                                        HJB

An expert at anything was once a beginner.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man

perfected without trials. 

                                                                        Chinese proverb

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against

You, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute

longer ,  never give up then, for that is just the place and time

that the tide will turn.

                                                                        Harriet Beecher Stowe

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and

doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

                                                                        George Bernard Shaw

Great works are preformed, not by strength, but by

perseverance.

                                                                        Samual Johnson

I love them man that can smile in trouble, that can gather

Strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. Tis the

Business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm

And whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue unto

His death.

                                                                        Thomas Paine

You gain strength, courage, and confidence in which you

Really stop to look fear in the face you must do the thing you think you cannot do.

                                                            Eleanor Roosevelt    

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. William Feather

First Be Best . . . Then Be First

" I never compete against the competition; the only one to compete against is myself, because one day I will beat the competition and then who will I compete against?"

" A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it."
Alistair Cooke

" Don't allow a negative environment affect you; feel inside and trust your inner voice, and don't be afraid to show your abilities and talents."
Written in 2004 by M. Nazario --- Puerto Rico

" Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs, which we endure, help us in our marching on."
Henry Ford

You never know unless you try and if you want something bad enough, don't stop until you get it.

" Every miracle begins with a problem."

" In life you have a choice: Be bitter about your situation or be better and take steps to improve your situation."

" Relationships are built on trust. Real love grows from respect for one another..."

" Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will."
Oliver Cromwell

" Tact is the rare ability to keep silent while two friends are arguing, and you know both of them are wrong."
Sir Hugh Percy Allen

" If all you see in the road ahead are obstacles, you are on a path to hardship. If however you view them as opportunities, you are on the highway to success."

" The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn."
Cicero

" Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual."
Arthur Koestler

" Without education, you're not going anywhere in this world."
Malcolm X

" Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
Nelson Mandela

" When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But, when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years."
Mark Twain

" Strive to improve, for that will be your key to success.