When I taught school, I had books of quotes but also bits of pieces of paper with quotes I'd found, or ones students had given me; those being extra special.
Each day I'd put the date on the board with any homework due and then, a quote. When students offered me one, I knew they'd been reading them. That made my heart sing.
Retiring, I began a list of found quotes on my computer. Now twelve years in there are many pages. Looking at them the other day, I thought, "No board to use them on, but my blog?"
Here are the first few:
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (1850-1919)
Patience is also a form of action. Auguste Rodin, sculptor (1840-1917)
We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say “It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.” Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes. Fred Rogers, television host, songwriter, and author (20 Mar 1928-2003)
If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you've got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat, and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of lump. One needs to learn the difference. Robert Fulghum, author (b. 4 Jun 1937)
It’s like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth what I paid? Richard Bach, writer (b. 23 Jun 1936)
I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen, heard, understood, and touched by them. The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person. Virginia Satir, psychotherapist and author (26 Jun 1916-1988)
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. Edmund Hillary, mountaineer and explorer (20 Jul 1919-2008)
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