QUOTE OF THE DAY
* Students will be writing the QOTD and a reflection every morning in their Personal Journals.
* The purpose of QOTD is threefold:
- 1. To set an inspiring tone first thing in the morning.
- 2. To practice critical thinking skills and short text analysis.
- 3. To expose students to a variety of perspectives and occupations.
05/06: "People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on." - Bill Cosby (American Comedian and Actor)
Submitted by Tamia
05/03: "Sometimes I think, what is a friend? A friend is someone you'll share the last cookie with." - Cookie Monster
Submitted by Jisela
04/25: "A loud voice cannot compete with a clear voice, even if it's a whisper." - Barry Neil Kaufman (Teacher and Co-Founder of Autism treatment Center of America)
04/24: "Giving up doesn't mean you are weak, it just means you're strong enough to let go." - Anonymous (Jisela Kennon)
04/23: "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." - Thomas Edison (American Inventor)
04/22: "It's hard to beat a person that never gives up." - Babe Ruth (American Baseball Player)
04/19: "Courage is like muscle; it is strengthened by use." - Ruth Gordon (American Actress)
04/18: "Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin
04/17: "Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." - Truman Capote
04/11: "Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and difficult as that." - Michael Leunig (Australian Poet)
04/10: "Don't judge me by my past. I don't live there anymore." - Anonymous
Submitted by Olivia
04/09: "A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burdened with like weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain." - William Shakespeare
Submitted by War
04/08: "Mistakes are the portals to discovery." - James Joyce (Irish Novelist & Poet)
04/05: "A ship in a harbor is safe. But that's not what ships are built for." - Anonymous
04/04: "Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it." - Anonymous
03/15: "I cannot imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun." - Charles R. Swindoll (American Pastor)
03/14: "I cannot believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war and no one will win the next war." - Eleanor Roosevelt (Former First Lady)
03/13: "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary." - Vince Lombardi (American Football Coach)
03/12: "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S. Lewis (Author and Theologian)
03/11: "Aim higher in case you fall short." - Suzanne Collins (Author of The Hunger Games)
03/08: "The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises." - Leo Buscaglia (American Author)
03/01: "When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed." - Maya Angelou (Author and poet)
02/28: "Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough." - Gustave Flaubert (French Writer)
02/27: "Don't beat yourself. Beat your record." - Ikhwan Sopa (Business Therapist)
02/26: "There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward." - Kahlil Gibran (Lebanese-American Artist)
02/22: "Life is funny. Things change. People change but you will always be you. So stay true to yourself and never sacrifice who you are for anyone" - Zayn Malik (British Singer)
02/20: "Never lose a chance of saying a kind word." - William Thackeray (English Novelist)
02/19: "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." - William Shakespeare (English Playwright)
02/18: "There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world because you realize there's so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on." - Zayn Malik (British Singer)
Submitted by Lilliana
02/15: "I judge people by their body language, their personality and their sense of humor... Not their looks." - Harry Styles (British Singer)
Submitted by Morgan
02/14: "Friendship is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything." - Muhammad Ali (American professional boxer)
Submitted by Olivia
02/12: "Only open your mouth if what you are going to say is more beautiful than silence." - Anonymous
02/11: "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." - Mark Twain (American Author)
Submitted by Cora
02/08: "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world." - Anonymous
02/07: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi (Leader in British-ruled India)
Submitted by Cora
02/06: "I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see." - John Burroughs (American Naturalist)
Submitted by Olivia
02/05: "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." - Martin Luther King Jr. (American Civil Rights Activist)
Submitted by Cora
02/04: "Don't cry because it is over. Smile because it happened." - Dr. Theodor Seuss (American Writer)
Submitted by Dakota and Cora
02/01: "I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets." - David Herbert Lawrence (English Novelist/Poet)
Submitted by War
01/31: "Don't be afraid to speak up." - Fred Korematsu (Japanese American Civil Rights Hero)
01/30: "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." - Marie Curie (French-Polish Chemist)
Submitted by Olivia
01/29: "I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university." - Albert Einstein (German-born Physicist)
01/28: "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other." - Abraham Lincoln (16th President of the United States of America)
Submitted by Marie
01/25: "Friends aren't the people you have known the longest, but are the people who came and never left you side." - Anonymous
Submitted by Cora
01/24: "Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it." - Sai Baba (Indian Guru)
Submitted by Olivia
01/23: "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see it." - Martin Luther King Jr. (Civil Rights Movement Leader)
Submitted by Marie
01/22: "Be too big for worry and too noble for anger." - Christian D. Larsen (Religious Leader)
01/18: "Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working 24 hours a day, for good or bad." - Tom Blandi (French Author)
01/17: “If you want success, then don't rely on other people to do what YOU can do!” - Sasha Azevedo (American Model)
01/16: "Live with no excuses and love with no regrets." - Montel Williams (Radio Talk Show Host)
01/15: "I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work." - Pearl S. Buck (American Writer)
01/14: "If you take responsibility for yourself, you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams." - Les Brown (American Band Leader)
01/10: "Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers." - Tony Robbins (American Author)
01/09: "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 (American Author)
01/08: "The true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good." - Ann Landers (American Journalist)
01/07: "Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." - Carl Bard (American Writer)
01/04: "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." - Ursula K. Le Guin (American Author)
01/03: "Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you." - Carl Sandburg (American Writer)
12/14: "Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out." - Jack Buck (American Sportscaster)
12/13: "Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give them yours." - Zig Ziglar (American Salesman)
12/12: "When we are no longer able to change the situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." - Viktor Frankl (Austrian Neurologist)
12/11: "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." - Harry S. Truman (33rd President of the United States of America)
12/10: "If you care at all, you'll get some results. If you care enough, you'll get incredible results." - Jim Rohn (American Entrepreneur)
12/07: "The future comes one day at a time." - Dean Acheson (American Lawyer)
12/05: "I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou (American Author and Poet)
"12/04: "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." - Colin Powell (Retired four-star general in U.S. Army)
12/03: "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss (American Writer)
11/30: "Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.” – Les Brown (American Big Band Leader)
11/29: "A successful person is someone who can lay a solid foundation from the bricks others have thrown at them." - David Brinkley (American Newscaster)
11/28: “When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: admit it, learn from it, and don't repeat it." - Paul Bryant (American college football player)
11/27: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams (2nd President of the United States)
11/26: There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein (German-born Physicist)
11/21: "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree long time ago." - Warren Buffett (American Businessman)
11/20: "One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency." - Arnold H. Glasgow (American Psychologist)
11/19: "We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney (American Film Producer)
11/15: "Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers (American Cowboy)
11/14: "When things go wrong, don't go with them." - Elvis Presley (American Singer)
11/13: "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." - Benjamin Franklin (Colonial American Scientist)
11/09: "If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." - Napoleon Hill (American Author)
11/08: "The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work." - Richard Bach (American Writer)
11/07: "A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things.” - Sasha Azevedo (American Model)
11/05: "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." - Henry Ford (American Industrialist)
11/02: "It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." - J.K. Rowling (British Novelist)
11/01: "Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can -- there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did." - Sarah Caldwell (American Opera Conductor)
10/31: "There is no substitute for hard work." - Thomas Edison (American Inventor)
10/30: "What you dislike in another, take care to correct yourself." - Thomas Sprat (English Bishop)
10/29: "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." - David Littrell (American Singer/Songwriter)
10/25: "A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." - David Brinkley (American Newscaster)
10/24: "If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing." - Benjamin Franklin (Colonial Scientist)
10/23: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky (Canadian Hockey Player)
10/19: "The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” - Theodore Roosevelt (26th President of the United States of America)
10/18: "Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.” - George Bernard Shaw (Irish Playwright)
10/17: "Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas." - Marie Curie (French-Polish Chemist)
10/16: "Contrary to the opinion of many people, leaders are not born. Leaders are made, and they are made by effort and hard work." - Vince Lombardi (American Football Coach)
10/15: "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." - Robert Collier (American Author)
10/12: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady)
10/11: "He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all." - Miguel de Cervantes (Spanish Playwright)
10/10: "Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time." - Arnold H. Glasow (American Businessman)
10/09: "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." - Thomas Edison (American Inventor)
9/28: "Let us be gateful to people who makes us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." - Marcel Proust (French Novelist)
9/27: "Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength." - Dalai Lama (Tibetan Buddhist High Priest)
9/26: "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." - Aesop (Greek Story "fable" Teller)
9/25: "Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles... It empties today of its strength." - Corrie Ten Boom (Dutch Author)
9/24: "He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander." - Aristotle (Greek Philosopher)
9/21: "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." - Maya Angelou (American Author and Poet)
9/20: "Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow." - Doug Firebaugh (Author)
9/19: "The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success." - Henry Ward Beecher (Clergyman and Abolitionist)
9/18: "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." - Mother Teresa (Indian Roman Catholic Nun)
9/17: "Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." - Harriet Tubman (African-American Abolitionist)
9/14: "What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens." - Thaddeus Golas (American Author)
9/13: "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." - Frederick Douglass (American Social Reformer)
9/12: "People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing." - Dale Carnegie (American Writer)
9/11: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King Jr. (Activist and Leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement)
9/10: "'The most important question to ask on the job is not 'What am I getting?' but rather 'What am I becoming?'" - Jim Rohn (American Entrepreneur)
9/7: "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau (American Philosopher)
9/6: "There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" - Robert Kennedy (American Senator)
9/5: "Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." - Mark Twain (American Author)
9/4: "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Mahatma Gandhi (Leader in British-ruled India)
8/31: "Tough times never last. Tough people do." - Robert Schuller (American Pastor/Motivational Speaker)
8/30: "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." - Bill Cosby (American Comedian and Actor)
8/29: "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." - Marcus Aurelius (16th Emperor of the Roman Empire)
8/28: "Nothing can stop the man with the right metnal attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude." - Thomas Jefferson (3rd President of the U.S.A. and Founder of UVA)
8/27: "Our greatest glory consists not in ever failing, but in rising every time we fall." - Oliver Goldsmith (Anglo-Irish Poet)
8/24: "If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living." - Gail Sheehy (American Author)
8/23: "There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning." - Christopher Morley (American Journalist)
8/22: "One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation." - Arthur Ashe (Former World No. 1 Professional Tennis Player)
8/21: "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." - Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister)
8/20: "I walk slowly, but I never walk backward." - Abraham Lincoln (16th President of the United States of America)
8/16: "When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece." - John Ruskin (English Art Critic)
8/15: "Be kind whenever possible... It is always possible." - Dalai Lama (Tibetan Buddhist High Priest)
8/14: "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." - Mark Twain (American Author)
8/13: "Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." - Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister)
8/10: "It's not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know." - Anthony Robbins (American Author)
8/9: "Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along." - Napoleon Hill (American author)
8/8: "I haven't failed. I just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison (American Inventor)
8/7: "If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old." - Lord Chesterfield (British Statesman)
8/6: "When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all." - Theodore Roosevelt (26th President of the United States of America)
8/3: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle (Greek Philosopher)
8/2: "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." - Albert Einstein (German-born Physicist)
8/1: "A goal without a plan is just a wish." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (French Writer and Aviator)
* The purpose of QOTD is threefold:
- 1. To set an inspiring tone first thing in the morning.
- 2. To practice critical thinking skills and short text analysis.
- 3. To expose students to a variety of perspectives and occupations.
05/06: "People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on." - Bill Cosby (American Comedian and Actor)
Submitted by Tamia
05/03: "Sometimes I think, what is a friend? A friend is someone you'll share the last cookie with." - Cookie Monster
Submitted by Jisela
04/25: "A loud voice cannot compete with a clear voice, even if it's a whisper." - Barry Neil Kaufman (Teacher and Co-Founder of Autism treatment Center of America)
04/24: "Giving up doesn't mean you are weak, it just means you're strong enough to let go." - Anonymous (Jisela Kennon)
04/23: "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." - Thomas Edison (American Inventor)
04/22: "It's hard to beat a person that never gives up." - Babe Ruth (American Baseball Player)
04/19: "Courage is like muscle; it is strengthened by use." - Ruth Gordon (American Actress)
04/18: "Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin
04/17: "Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." - Truman Capote
04/11: "Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and difficult as that." - Michael Leunig (Australian Poet)
04/10: "Don't judge me by my past. I don't live there anymore." - Anonymous
Submitted by Olivia
04/09: "A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burdened with like weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain." - William Shakespeare
Submitted by War
04/08: "Mistakes are the portals to discovery." - James Joyce (Irish Novelist & Poet)
04/05: "A ship in a harbor is safe. But that's not what ships are built for." - Anonymous
04/04: "Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it." - Anonymous
03/15: "I cannot imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun." - Charles R. Swindoll (American Pastor)
03/14: "I cannot believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war and no one will win the next war." - Eleanor Roosevelt (Former First Lady)
03/13: "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary." - Vince Lombardi (American Football Coach)
03/12: "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S. Lewis (Author and Theologian)
03/11: "Aim higher in case you fall short." - Suzanne Collins (Author of The Hunger Games)
03/08: "The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises." - Leo Buscaglia (American Author)
03/01: "When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed." - Maya Angelou (Author and poet)
02/28: "Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough." - Gustave Flaubert (French Writer)
02/27: "Don't beat yourself. Beat your record." - Ikhwan Sopa (Business Therapist)
02/26: "There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward." - Kahlil Gibran (Lebanese-American Artist)
02/22: "Life is funny. Things change. People change but you will always be you. So stay true to yourself and never sacrifice who you are for anyone" - Zayn Malik (British Singer)
02/20: "Never lose a chance of saying a kind word." - William Thackeray (English Novelist)
02/19: "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." - William Shakespeare (English Playwright)
02/18: "There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world because you realize there's so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on." - Zayn Malik (British Singer)
Submitted by Lilliana
02/15: "I judge people by their body language, their personality and their sense of humor... Not their looks." - Harry Styles (British Singer)
Submitted by Morgan
02/14: "Friendship is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything." - Muhammad Ali (American professional boxer)
Submitted by Olivia
02/12: "Only open your mouth if what you are going to say is more beautiful than silence." - Anonymous
02/11: "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." - Mark Twain (American Author)
Submitted by Cora
02/08: "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world." - Anonymous
02/07: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi (Leader in British-ruled India)
Submitted by Cora
02/06: "I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see." - John Burroughs (American Naturalist)
Submitted by Olivia
02/05: "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." - Martin Luther King Jr. (American Civil Rights Activist)
Submitted by Cora
02/04: "Don't cry because it is over. Smile because it happened." - Dr. Theodor Seuss (American Writer)
Submitted by Dakota and Cora
02/01: "I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets." - David Herbert Lawrence (English Novelist/Poet)
Submitted by War
01/31: "Don't be afraid to speak up." - Fred Korematsu (Japanese American Civil Rights Hero)
01/30: "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." - Marie Curie (French-Polish Chemist)
Submitted by Olivia
01/29: "I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university." - Albert Einstein (German-born Physicist)
01/28: "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other." - Abraham Lincoln (16th President of the United States of America)
Submitted by Marie
01/25: "Friends aren't the people you have known the longest, but are the people who came and never left you side." - Anonymous
Submitted by Cora
01/24: "Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it." - Sai Baba (Indian Guru)
Submitted by Olivia
01/23: "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see it." - Martin Luther King Jr. (Civil Rights Movement Leader)
Submitted by Marie
01/22: "Be too big for worry and too noble for anger." - Christian D. Larsen (Religious Leader)
01/18: "Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working 24 hours a day, for good or bad." - Tom Blandi (French Author)
01/17: “If you want success, then don't rely on other people to do what YOU can do!” - Sasha Azevedo (American Model)
01/16: "Live with no excuses and love with no regrets." - Montel Williams (Radio Talk Show Host)
01/15: "I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work." - Pearl S. Buck (American Writer)
01/14: "If you take responsibility for yourself, you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams." - Les Brown (American Band Leader)
01/10: "Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers." - Tony Robbins (American Author)
01/09: "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 (American Author)
01/08: "The true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good." - Ann Landers (American Journalist)
01/07: "Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." - Carl Bard (American Writer)
01/04: "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." - Ursula K. Le Guin (American Author)
01/03: "Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you." - Carl Sandburg (American Writer)
12/14: "Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out." - Jack Buck (American Sportscaster)
12/13: "Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give them yours." - Zig Ziglar (American Salesman)
12/12: "When we are no longer able to change the situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." - Viktor Frankl (Austrian Neurologist)
12/11: "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." - Harry S. Truman (33rd President of the United States of America)
12/10: "If you care at all, you'll get some results. If you care enough, you'll get incredible results." - Jim Rohn (American Entrepreneur)
12/07: "The future comes one day at a time." - Dean Acheson (American Lawyer)
12/05: "I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou (American Author and Poet)
"12/04: "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." - Colin Powell (Retired four-star general in U.S. Army)
12/03: "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss (American Writer)
11/30: "Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.” – Les Brown (American Big Band Leader)
11/29: "A successful person is someone who can lay a solid foundation from the bricks others have thrown at them." - David Brinkley (American Newscaster)
11/28: “When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: admit it, learn from it, and don't repeat it." - Paul Bryant (American college football player)
11/27: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams (2nd President of the United States)
11/26: There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein (German-born Physicist)
11/21: "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree long time ago." - Warren Buffett (American Businessman)
11/20: "One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency." - Arnold H. Glasgow (American Psychologist)
11/19: "We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney (American Film Producer)
11/15: "Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers (American Cowboy)
11/14: "When things go wrong, don't go with them." - Elvis Presley (American Singer)
11/13: "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." - Benjamin Franklin (Colonial American Scientist)
11/09: "If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." - Napoleon Hill (American Author)
11/08: "The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work." - Richard Bach (American Writer)
11/07: "A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things.” - Sasha Azevedo (American Model)
11/05: "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." - Henry Ford (American Industrialist)
11/02: "It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." - J.K. Rowling (British Novelist)
11/01: "Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can -- there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did." - Sarah Caldwell (American Opera Conductor)
10/31: "There is no substitute for hard work." - Thomas Edison (American Inventor)
10/30: "What you dislike in another, take care to correct yourself." - Thomas Sprat (English Bishop)
10/29: "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." - David Littrell (American Singer/Songwriter)
10/25: "A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." - David Brinkley (American Newscaster)
10/24: "If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing." - Benjamin Franklin (Colonial Scientist)
10/23: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky (Canadian Hockey Player)
10/19: "The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” - Theodore Roosevelt (26th President of the United States of America)
10/18: "Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.” - George Bernard Shaw (Irish Playwright)
10/17: "Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas." - Marie Curie (French-Polish Chemist)
10/16: "Contrary to the opinion of many people, leaders are not born. Leaders are made, and they are made by effort and hard work." - Vince Lombardi (American Football Coach)
10/15: "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." - Robert Collier (American Author)
10/12: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady)
10/11: "He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all." - Miguel de Cervantes (Spanish Playwright)
10/10: "Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time." - Arnold H. Glasow (American Businessman)
10/09: "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." - Thomas Edison (American Inventor)
9/28: "Let us be gateful to people who makes us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." - Marcel Proust (French Novelist)
9/27: "Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength." - Dalai Lama (Tibetan Buddhist High Priest)
9/26: "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." - Aesop (Greek Story "fable" Teller)
9/25: "Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles... It empties today of its strength." - Corrie Ten Boom (Dutch Author)
9/24: "He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander." - Aristotle (Greek Philosopher)
9/21: "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." - Maya Angelou (American Author and Poet)
9/20: "Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow." - Doug Firebaugh (Author)
9/19: "The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success." - Henry Ward Beecher (Clergyman and Abolitionist)
9/18: "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." - Mother Teresa (Indian Roman Catholic Nun)
9/17: "Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." - Harriet Tubman (African-American Abolitionist)
9/14: "What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens." - Thaddeus Golas (American Author)
9/13: "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." - Frederick Douglass (American Social Reformer)
9/12: "People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing." - Dale Carnegie (American Writer)
9/11: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King Jr. (Activist and Leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement)
9/10: "'The most important question to ask on the job is not 'What am I getting?' but rather 'What am I becoming?'" - Jim Rohn (American Entrepreneur)
9/7: "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau (American Philosopher)
9/6: "There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" - Robert Kennedy (American Senator)
9/5: "Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." - Mark Twain (American Author)
9/4: "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Mahatma Gandhi (Leader in British-ruled India)
8/31: "Tough times never last. Tough people do." - Robert Schuller (American Pastor/Motivational Speaker)
8/30: "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." - Bill Cosby (American Comedian and Actor)
8/29: "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." - Marcus Aurelius (16th Emperor of the Roman Empire)
8/28: "Nothing can stop the man with the right metnal attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude." - Thomas Jefferson (3rd President of the U.S.A. and Founder of UVA)
8/27: "Our greatest glory consists not in ever failing, but in rising every time we fall." - Oliver Goldsmith (Anglo-Irish Poet)
8/24: "If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living." - Gail Sheehy (American Author)
8/23: "There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning." - Christopher Morley (American Journalist)
8/22: "One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation." - Arthur Ashe (Former World No. 1 Professional Tennis Player)
8/21: "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." - Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister)
8/20: "I walk slowly, but I never walk backward." - Abraham Lincoln (16th President of the United States of America)
8/16: "When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece." - John Ruskin (English Art Critic)
8/15: "Be kind whenever possible... It is always possible." - Dalai Lama (Tibetan Buddhist High Priest)
8/14: "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." - Mark Twain (American Author)
8/13: "Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." - Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister)
8/10: "It's not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know." - Anthony Robbins (American Author)
8/9: "Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along." - Napoleon Hill (American author)
8/8: "I haven't failed. I just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison (American Inventor)
8/7: "If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old." - Lord Chesterfield (British Statesman)
8/6: "When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all." - Theodore Roosevelt (26th President of the United States of America)
8/3: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle (Greek Philosopher)
8/2: "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." - Albert Einstein (German-born Physicist)
8/1: "A goal without a plan is just a wish." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (French Writer and Aviator)