My Favorite Quotes
(If you have any that you would like to share, please email them to me.) 

• Grab hold of a magic pencil Open your eyes and mind For now begins a journey Of the most exciting kind. A journey into learning A step...a start...a glow, And we will be there with you To help and watch you grow. Author unknown

• The more that you read,
  the more you will know.
  The more you learn,
  the more places you'll go.
  - Dr. Seuss
   

• Most people know that teachers are overworked and underpaid.  But when someone asks you what you make, you can proudly answer: I make a difference.
   

• Education is the best investment that parents can give their children because profits are gained and you cannot go bankrupt.
  - Joeen Buensalido
   

• A teacher affects eternity;  he can never tell where his influence stops
  - Henry Brooks Adams
   

• Modern cynics and skeptics...see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.
  -John F. Kennedy
   

• To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?
  - Katharine Graham
   

• Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
  - Epictetus
   

• A truly great teacher is perpetually rocking the boat in the cause of furthering the waves of understanding that flood over the walls of defense and denial built up around young people's thirsty minds.
  - Daniel Mark Childs
   

• If we're here on earth to share our gifts and help each other, what better profession is there than teaching?
  - Dave Morrison
   

• Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.
  - G.K. Chesterton
   

• Never pass up an opportunity to learn, even if it does no pertain to what you're currently doing.  You will never know when you'll need it.
  - Harrry & Rosemary Wong
   

• First-class teachers have a good sense of humor.  They make jokes and accept jokes.  They are not comedians, but they are entertaining.  They tell stories, point out silly things, bring joy to difficult situation, and are not afraid of laughter.  They use humor to connect to their students.  IN other words, excellent teachers keep the students' attention without fear.
  - Alan Haskvitz, "Top Eleven Traits of a Good Teacher," www.educationnews.org
   

• Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.
  - Robert Frost
   

• A compliment is verbal sunshine.
  - Robert Orben
   

• We could learn a lot from crayons.  Some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, some are more popular than others - but they all have to learn to live in the same box.
   

• Recognize your power as a teacher.  Use it for good.
  - Cheryl Miller Thurston
   

• Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
  - Chinese proverb
   

• To teach is to learn twice.
  - Joseph Joubert
   

• Words of encouragement, a little respect, simple gestures of kindness from a teacher promote the perfect climate for studetns to study, learn, and grow.
  -Donna Fargo
   

• Learning is never done without errors and defeat.
  - Vladimir Lenin
   

• The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
  - B.B. King
   

• Much I have learned from my teachers, more from my colleagues, but most from my students.
  - The Talmud
   

• Those who can, do.  Those who can teach, do wonders.
  -Anonymous
   

• I touch the future.  I teach.
  - Christa McAuliffe
   

• Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
  -Daniel J. Boorstin
   

• I am a teacher.  A teacher is someone who leads.  There is no magic here.  I do not walk on water, I do not part the sea.  I just love children.
  -Marva Collins