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 Saturday September 04, 2010
Words of Wisdom
from Journal Starters with Cursive Pointers 
that you may use to inspire, encourage and guide your students:
 
 
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
                                                                                       Henry Ford
 
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
                                                                                Eleanor Roosevelt
 
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
                                                                                   Joseph Addison
 
Seeing what is right and doing it even though the world tempts you to do something else, is the mark of moral courage.
         from: The Children's Book of Heroes edited by William J. Bennett
 
If at first you don't succeed, you're running about average.
                                                                                    M. H. Alderson
 
 For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe.
                                                                                    Larry Eisenberg
 
Focus on effort, not winning.
Effort is internal and is completely within your control.
                                                                              John Wooden
 
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
                                                                              Abraham Lincoln
 
Common sense is seeing things as they are, and
doing things as they should be done.
                                      Robert C. Savage
 
I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something.
But I can not accept not trying.
                                                                           Michael Jordan