08/31/07

Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say? -Kurt Vonnegut

08/30/07

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. -Martin Luther King, Jr.

08/29/07

Manners are like the zero in arithmetic; they may not be much in themselves, but they are capable of adding a great deal to the value of everything else. -Freya Stark

08/28/07

Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders...Make the fault easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest. -Dale Carnegie

08/27/07

Read like a wolf eats. -Gary Paulsen

08/24/07

The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but also the secret power of a word. There are overtones and undertones to a word, and lateral echoes, too. -Knut Hamsun

08/22/07

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. -Logan Pearsall Smith

08/21/07

One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire help to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act. -Hannah More

08/20/07

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. -Milton Berle

08/17/07

Astronauts and teachers actually do the same thing. We explore, we discover and we share. And the great thing about being a teacher is you get to do that with students, and the great thing about being an astronaut is you get to do it in space, and those are absolutely wonderful jobs. -Barbara Morgan

08/16/07

Courage is saying, "Maybe what I'm doing isn't working; maybe I should try something else." -Anna Lappe

08/14/07

What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know. -Jim Rohn

08/10/07

A word is not a crystal,transparent and unchanging; it is the skin of living thought and changes from day to day as does the air around us. -Oliver Wendell Holmes

08/09/07

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. -John Wooden

08/06/07

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the “still small voice” within me. -Mahatma Gandhi

08/03/07

God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest. -Swedish proverb