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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. #<Author:0x00007fa0647f9ed0>

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

William Arthur Ward

TEACHING BY EXAMPLE
An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. #<Author:0x00007fa0647f9390>

“An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling.”

Carl Gustav Jung

TEACHING BY EXAMPLE
A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder. #<Author:0x00007fa0647f8ad0>

“A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder.”

Thomas Carlyle

PURPOSE
The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit that gives you a sense of meaning, joy, or passion. #<Author:0x00007fa0647f85d0>

“The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit that gives you a sense of meaning, joy, or passion.”

Terry Orlick

PURPOSE
I am not afraid. I was born to do this. #<Author:0x00007fa0647f7f90>

“I am not afraid. I was born to do this.”

Joan of Arc

PURPOSE
We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now. #<Author:0x00007fa0655cfb40>

“We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.”

Jon Kabat-Ziin

STEWARDSHIP
We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own. #<Author:0x00007fa0655ceec0>

“We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own.”

Wangari Maathai

STEWARDSHIP
My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. #<Author:0x00007fa0655ce380>

“My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature.”

Jane Goodall

STEWARDSHIP
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. #<Author:0x00007fa0655cd480>

“I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.”

Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman]

STEWARDSHIP
Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.  #<Author:0x00007fa0655cc6c0>

“Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't. ”

Lucille Ball

HARD WORK
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. #<Author:0x00007fa0655cbe00>

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

Steve Jobs

HARD WORK
There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. #<Author:0x00007fa0655cb180>

“There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.”

Calvin Coolidge

HARD WORK
The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart. #<Author:0x00007fa0655caa00>

“The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.”

Richelle E. Goodrich

TRUE BEAUTY
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. #<Author:0x00007fa0655c9b00>

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

TRUE BEAUTY
Outer beauty pleases the eye. Inner beauty captivates the heart. #<Author:0x00007fa0655c94c0>

“Outer beauty pleases the eye. Inner beauty captivates the heart.”

Mandy Hale

TRUE BEAUTY
In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together.  #<Author:0x00007fa0655c8e80>

“In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together. ”

Friedrich Nietzsche

FAMILY
Families are the compass that guides us. #<Author:0x00007fa0655c8ac0>

“Families are the compass that guides us.”

Brad Henry

FAMILY
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air and resign yourself to the influence of the earth. #<Author:0x00007fa0655c85c0>

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”

Henry David Thoreau

APPRECIATING NATURE
Nature is not a place to visit. It is home. #<Author:0x00007fa0655c7f80>

“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”

Gary Snyder

APPRECIATING NATURE
For it is in giving that we receive. #<Author:0x00007fa0655c7800>

“For it is in giving that we receive.”

Saint Francis of Assisi

GIVING BACK
Do something for those who have need of a man's help - Something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. #<Author:0x00007fa0655c7300>

“Do something for those who have need of a man's help - Something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.”

Albert Schweitzer

GIVING BACK
You are what you give; not what you are given. #<Author:0x00007fa0655c6540>

“You are what you give; not what you are given.”

Sir David Tang

GIVING BACK
Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.
 #<Author:0x00007fa0655c5dc0>

“Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell. ”

Bill Copeland

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
You have a chance every single morning to make that change and be the person you want to be. You just have to decide to do it. #<Author:0x00007fa0655c4c40>

“You have a chance every single morning to make that change and be the person you want to be. You just have to decide to do it.”

Brendon Burchard

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. #<Author:0x00007fa0655c3ac0>

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”

Theodore Roosevelt

RIGHT CHOICES
There's a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing. #<Author:0x00007fa0655c2940>

“There's a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing.”

Chris Fussell

RIGHT CHOICES
Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing. #<Author:0x00007fa0655c1e00>

“Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.”

Tony Blair

RIGHT CHOICES
Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you. #<Author:0x00007fa0655c12c0>

“Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.”

John C. Maxwell

RIGHT CHOICES
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. #<Author:0x00007fa0655c0640>

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling)

RIGHT CHOICES
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. #<Author:0x00007fa06452fc90>

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”

Peter F. Drucker

LEADERSHIP
He who plants kindness gathers love. #<Author:0x00007fa06452f650>

“He who plants kindness gathers love.”

Saint Basil

KINDNESS
There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul. #<Author:0x00007fa06452eed0>

“There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.”

Victor Hugo

SOUL
Whatever the soul knows how to seek, it cannot fail to obtain. #<Author:0x00007fa06452e890>

“Whatever the soul knows how to seek, it cannot fail to obtain.”

Margaret Fuller

SOUL