The best teachers are those who don’t fear being overshadowed by their students. (Author unknown) Caring teachers want to see their students succeed; that is often what motivates them to follow education as a career. Successful athletic coaches take pride in their...
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. (Jules Renard, French author) Resting is important. We do need to take time to rest; our bodies need relaxed time to recover energy and strength. But, as Renard suggests, to “take 5” when there...
The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground. (From a Norman Rockwell calendar) An acorn may not have had any ability to determine its future, but we do. The nut was safely buried in the soil, but when a sprout emerged and began to grow, it experienced...
Treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend all the care, kindness, and understanding you can. (Og Mandino, late American author) How would our lives be changed if we followed Mandino’s advice? How would it affect our community, our...
It is not what we do that determines who we are. It is who we are that determines what we do. (Charles Ryrie, professor and author) The saying “What you do speaks so loud, I can’t hear what you say” suggests that actions speak louder than words. As Ryrie says, it’s a...
If you want to stand out, you must prepare to stand alone. (Author unknown) It’s not wrong to want to be a leader, but today’s quote offers some good advice. Often there will be opposition, differing opinions, questionable counsel. As someone else has said, “You...
Like a good meal, life is meant to be savored, not just consumed. Be present. (Kary Oberbrunner, motivational speaker and author) Often we are in such a rush that we eat fast food and hardly take time to enjoy the tasty flavors. Oberbrunner takes such behavior to...
Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder at what makes the universe exist. Be curious. (Stephen Hawking, late theoretical physicist) Hawking claimed to be an atheist, yet his suggestion sounds a bit like a person of...
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. (Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States) Although some people seem to know it all, most of us are well aware that there is a lot we don’t know and a lot that would be helpful to know....
Social change always comes when the next generation decides to no longer accept what the last generation accepted. (Mike McCaman, consultant) While McCamen’s observation is obviously true, its results can be either good or not so good. When we disregard traditions...
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work.” (Anna Quindlen, author and columnist) Some people seem to be lonely even when they’re in a crowd of people, whether it’s at work or...
If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be where you’ve always been. (James Emery White, pastor and author) White concludes, “For most of us, that’s not good.” His suggested solution: “Constantly innovate. Try new things.” Whether it’s personal habit,...