4/30/10

If you want to be happy for an hour ~ Go watch T.V.

If you want to be happy for a day ~ Go to an amusement park.

If you want to be happy for a lifetime ~ Go out and help others!

(I saw this on a poster in Mr. Stoltzfus's classroom this week and thought it was GREAT!)

 5/8/10

The dictonary is the only place that success comes before work.  Hard work is the price we must pay for success.  I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price." --  Vince Lombardi

(While working in Mr. Bott's Math class I heard him encourage his students to do their very best by sharing this quote with them.)

5/17/10

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.  - Charles Dickens

(I have always liked this quote but was reminded of it when I saw it on a poster in Mr. Fickler's room today)

5/20/10

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.  — Barbara Bush

(This quote was part of the Project Wisdom program we use as part of our morning announcements)

6/13/10

You're a very special person,
And I want you to know.
How I loved to be your teacher,
How fast the weeks did go!
Please come back to visit me
As through the grades you grow,
Try hard to learn all that you can
There is so much to know!!
The one thing I try to teach you
To last your whole life through,
Is to know that you are special
Just because you are you!

11/15/10

Attitude is everything.  It is more important than facts, than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, then what other people think or say or do.  It is more important than appearance, than giftedness or skill.  it will make or break a company... a church...a home.  The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will have 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 control is our attitude.  Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.  And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes.

(this is hanging in Mr. Creswell's room)