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(I've created a new and more dynamic version of this as a Google Notebook.)
SUCCESS
To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false
friends;
to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition;
to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
Bessie Stanley (NOT Ralph Waldo Emerson, as generally cited on the web.)
In truth, we are neither only what we inherit nor only what we acquire but, instead, stem from the dynamic relationship between what we inherit and what we acquire.
Paulo Freire, Teachers as Cultural Workers: Letters to Those Who Dare Teach. p 69.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Albert Einstein
Someone once said that those who have been forced to memorize the world are not likely to change it. It may also be true that those who have been
required to measure the outcomes of teaching only with pluses and minuses will not be likely to see the value of question marks, concentric circles, and arrows that point both ways and sometimes double back.
Marilyn Cochran-Smith, "Constructing Outcomes in Teacher Education: Policy, Practice and Pitfalls." (2001)
"Remember that God is never in a hurry, but he is always on time."
Rick Warren, The
Purpose Driven Life, Day 28, p. 222.
“It’s philosophy, not technology, that is going to make a difference
in your classroom.”
Dr Allen Glenn, Dean of COE, Univ of Washington
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what
God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2
"Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your
soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements."
Napoleon Hill
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any
war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive
veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation."
George Washington, President/Commander-in-Chief
"There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge."
unknown author
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the
essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach,
and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Henry David Thoreau, [Walden]
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends
on the unreasonable man."
George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists
"There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool
until he has stopped asking questions."
Charles P. Steinmetz
"For those of us who passionately defend the Macintosh, it's not simply
a matter of clockspeed. It's about quality, intelligent interfacing, innovation,
and individuality. If you take the time to learn both major platforms, you
can get similar results in the end. The Macintosh is, however, much more efficient.
It is better engineered. It is more reliable. How many people do you hear speaking
passionately about their PC's...........or any product for that matter?"
unknown
author
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable
from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts
can be counted."
Albert Einstein
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; and optimist sees the
opportunity in every difficulty."
Winston Churchill
"Good leadership matters."
Wesley Fryer
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it
is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he
hears, however measured or far away."
Henry David Thoreau, [Walden]
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.
Galatians
5:22-23 (NLT)
When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, "What
is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while
all these people stand around you from morning till evening?" Moses answered
him, "Because the people come to me to seek God's will.
Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between
the parties and inform them of God's decrees and laws." Moses' father-in-law
replied, "What you are doing is not good. You
and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is
too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. Listen now to me and I will
give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people's representative
before God and bring their disputes to him. Teach them the decrees and laws,
and show them the way to live and the duties they are to perform. But select
capable men from all the people-men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate
dishonest gain-and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties
and tens. Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have
them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves.
That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you. If
you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and
all these people will go home satisfied." Moses listened to his father-in-law
and did everything he said.
Exodus 18: 14-24 (NIV)
"I believe in miracles in every area except writing. Experience has shown me that there are no miracles in writing. The only thing that produces good writing is hard work."
Isaac Bashevis Singer
We are a democracy increasingly ruled by judges. We elect a Congress that is increasingly chained by lobbyists. And we are a culture that deep down believes in this counterrevolution: that strangely thinks that this increase in control makes sense.
Lawrence Lessig, The Future of Ideas, p. 267.
Nothing will bring you happiness but the triumph of principles.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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