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Does the quality of your student's work ever concern you? Is their work ethic ever in question? Do you ever
 " If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause and say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well." Martin Luther King, Jr "The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them." Robert Frost "I studied the lives of great men and famous women, and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work." "If you enjoy what you do, you'll never work another day in your life." "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however." "Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money." "You can show up for work every day…but showing up does not mean success in your work." "Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing - the result." Each of these quotes is worthy of a family dinner time conversation. We need to be encouraging one another and praying for one another to use the gifts God gives us to our fullest potential. Related Post: Are you actively Developing A Work Ethic in your students? Related Tags: work ethic, family, leadership education, mission, parenting |
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Sometimes others just say it better than I do....
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so I'll let them!
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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.
A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.
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The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient. ST. AUGUSTINE
After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the future. MIQUEL CERVANTES
Home is the seminary of all other institutions. EDWIN CHAPIN
You are not a saint because you keep the rules and are blameless; you are a saint if you live in the real world, going out and loving the real people God has put into your life. SISTER WENDY BECKETT |
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Take all reasonable advantage of that which the present may offer you. It is the only time which is ours. Yesterday is buried forever, and tomorrow we may never see. -- VICTOR HUGO It is an observation no less just than common, that there is no stronger test of a man's real character than power and authority, exciting, as they do, every passion, and discovering every latent vice. -- PLUTARCH Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers. -- BOVEE The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them, and they make us despair in losing them. -- MADAME DE LAMBERT Peace, above all things, is to be desired; but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms. -- ANDREW JACKSON |
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The world has not yet learned the riches of frugality. CICERO
If there was no future life, our souls would not thirst for it. RICHTER
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearing of little children tends toward the formation of character. Let parents bear this ever in mind. HOSEA BALLOU
He who gives what he would as readily throw away gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice. HENRY TAYLOR
He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, is wise for a moment, but a fool forever. TILLOTSON
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after. GOLDSMITH
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. WILLIAM PENN |
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Affliction appears to be the guide to reflection; the teacher of humility; the parent of repentance; the nurse of faith; the strengthener of patience, and the promoter of charity. Unknown "One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license." P.J. O'Rourke He who proposes to be an author should first be a student. Dryden The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. Shaftsbury |
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Love must come from within, from our union with Christ, an outpouring of our love for God. Loving should be as normal to us as living and breathing, day after day, until our death. Blessed Mother Teresa of He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; He who does not ask remains a fool forever. Confucius At twenty years of age, the will reigns; At thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgement. Benjamin Franklin
One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived. Paul Bourget |
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"Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We cannot avoid pain, but we can avoid joy. God has given us such immense freedom that He will allow us to be as miserable as we want to be." You Gotta Keep Dancin', by Tim Hansel
Work as if you were to live a hundred years,
I'm not talking to myself, I'm having a Parent-Teacher Conference. |
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Recent additions to my commonplace book:
The aim of education should be rather to teach us how to think, than what to think.
- James Beattie The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
- Mark Twain The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.
- G.K. Chesterton |
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For centuries, philosophers, scholars, lawyers, doctors, theologians, artists, and poets have gathered the memorable thoughts and words of others and organized them in commonplace books. I'll be sharing some of mine with you. I'm encouraging my 13 yo to begin a commonplace book of her own this year. Not only are individual selections a reflection of one's desires, dreams and goals, but they are an excellent basis for developing conversation beyond everyday concerns. We often become stuck in the daily grind of life. Keeping a commonplace book keeps our "head above the trees", focusing more on our vision and less on our obstacles.
"The education of a man is never completed until he dies"
"You can have anything you want - if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, have anything you desire, accomplish anything you set out to accomplish - if you will hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. " "Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less." all are the words of General Robert E. Lee
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Some of my favorite quotes about education: Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance. Will Durant Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get. William Lowe Bryan The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher. Elbert Hubbard It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. Albert Einstein Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality. Beatrix Potter The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. John Powell Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though awakens your own expectations. Patricia Neal I am still learning. Michelangelo In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. Mortimer Adler Which quote most represents you or your homeschooling philosophy? |
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