Quotes that Carolyn Stephenson Likes

 

 Quotes I liked... and some used in classroom.

 

 

Ignorance is not knowing enough to know that you don't know.

 

We the willing led by the unknowing are doing the impossible for the ungrateful, We have done so much so long for so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing for nothing.

 

If you want your child to be afraid of strangers.... hire one and let him beat the hell out of your child.

 

What you do today will affect tomorrow.

 

All people smile in the same language.

 

Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.

 

The aim of eduacation is to teach how to think and not what to think.

 

A teacher takes a hand and opens the mind and touches a heart.

 

Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.

 

What is popular is not always right and what is right is not always popular.

 

Yesterday is the past, tomorrow is the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called a present.

 

Do not expect me to walk ahead of you, because I may not lead. Do not expect me to walk behind you, because I may not follow. Let us walk together side by side and just be friends.

 

 

No one of us is smarter than all of us.

 

Perserverance-----the difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

 

Some people dream of worthy accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them.

 

There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty.

 

Competition---- whoever said, it's not whether you win or lose that counts , probably lost.

 

It's OK to be wrong.

 

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

 

Determination---- the race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.

 

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you fail to focus on your goals.

 

Doing your best is more important than being the best.

 

Confidence is the companion to success.

 

Don't worry--- Be happy---It's Friday!

 

Life is short... make the most of it.

 

Life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backwards.

 

It's more importantant to  do the right thing than to do things right.

 

Let us choose to believe something good can happen.

 

A hero is one who hangs on one minute longer.

 

Enjoy your loved ones while they are here and say only kind words, because once they are gone you can no longer be with them nor take back unkind words.

 

The difference between winning and losing is self-discipline.

 

Destiny is not a matter of chance, but a  matter of choice.

 

It isn't how much you spend, but what you do with it.

 

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

 

Patience unlocks the door to achievement.

 

So  far today, I've done all right.. I haven't gossiped, haven't lost my temper, haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or over-indulgent. I'm really thankful for that.

But in a few minutes I'm going to school. From then on I'm going to need a lot of help!

Today is the oldest you've ever been, yet the youngest you'll ever be, so enjoy this day while it lasts.

Everyday is a good day, because I'm too old to have a bad day.