"In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can."
- Nikos Kazantzakis
Belief in Self
"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle."
- Christian D. Larson
Belief in Self
"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
- A.A. Milne
Belief in Self
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
- Dr. Seuss
Education
"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy."
- Norman Vincent Peale
Belief in Self
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
- Oliver Goldsmith
Resilience
"You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
- A.A. Milne
Belief in Self
"You are enough just as you are."
- Meghan Markle
Self-esteem
"You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes, you can steer yourself any direction you choose."
- Dr. Seuss
Independence
"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Belief in Self
"Everything you can imagine is real."
- Pablo Picasso
Imagination
"Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts."
- Albert Einstein
Ambition
"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway."
- Earl Nightingale
Aspirations
"All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them."
- Walt Disney
Aspirations
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach the stars to change the world."
- Harriet Tubman
Aspirations
"The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams."
- Oprah Winfrey
Ambition
"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."
- Oscar Wilde
Education
"Let the child be the scriptwriter, the director and the actor in his own play."
- Magda Gerber
Education
"Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play children learn how to learn."
- O. Fred Donaldson
Learning
"Since the jobs that our preschoolers will do probably don’t exist yet, our priority is to teach them the skills to adapt and inquire and question and cooperate…life skills. So much more useful than rigid concepts such as the alphabet."
- Caroline Bellouse
Education
"Play is the shortest route between children and their creative calling."
- Vince Gowmon
Creativity
"The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves."
- Roald Dahl
Education
"Putting your students’ emotional needs first is important because without feeling safe and understood, no instructional strategy will be effective."
- Jasper Fox, Sr.
Well-being
"Be sure that in your educating you are not manufacturing obedient citizens, but rather unleashing powerful, creative souls."
- Vince Gowmon
Education
"For a small child there is no division between playing and learning; between the things he or she does ‘just for fun’ and things that are ‘educational.’ The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play."
- Penelope Leach
Education
"What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family."
- Mother Teresa
Love
"Kids deserve the right to think that they can change the world."
- Lois Lowry
Aspirations
"Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together."
- Scott Hayden
Education
"Children more than ever, need opportunities to be in their bodies in the world – jumping rope, bicycling, stream hopping, and fort building. It’s this engagement between limbs of the body and bones of the earth where true balance and centeredness emerge."
- David Sobel
Well-being
"I believe that to teach them effectively you must touch their hearts long before you begin to teach their minds"
- Vicki Savini
Education
"I keep trying to convey the pleasure every parent and teacher could feel while observing, appreciating and enjoying what the infant is doing. This attitude would change our educational climate from worry to joy. Can anybody argue about the benefits for a child who is appreciated and enjoyed for what she can do and does naturally? …I believe this issue is so basic, so important, that it cannot be overstated."
- Magda Gerber
Education
"If we love our children and want them to thrive, we must allow them more time and opportunity to play, not less. Yet policymakers and powerful philanthropists are continuing to push us in the opposite direction — toward more schooling, more testing, more adult direction of children, and less opportunity for free play."
- Dr. Peter Gray
Education
"When we give children advice or instant solutions, we deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems."
- Adele Faber
Education
"Too much leading and we create anxiety for children. Too much following and the same is true. In wisdom we find balance between the two."
- Vince Gowmon
Balance
"Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood, for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child’s soul."
- Friedrich Froebel
Education
"When our little people are overwhelmed by big emotions it is our job to share our calm, not join their chaos."
- L.R. Knost
Well-being
"So often children are punished for being human. Children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes. Yet, us adults have them all the time. None of us are perfect. We must stop holding our children to a higher standard of perfection than we can attain ourselves."
- Rebecca Eanes
Empathy
"While it is important to educate children, what is much more pressing is the need to love them. When education becomes more important than love, it is no longer education at all. For, tending to the delicate spirit of children is foundational if education is to fulfill its intended purpose of serving the greater whole."
- Vince Gowmon
Love
"It’s not so much what children learn through play, but what they won’t learn if we don’t give them the chance to play. Many functional skills like literacy and arithmetic can be learned either through play or through instruction – the issue is the amount of stress on the child. However, many coping skills like compassion, self-regulation, self-confidence, the habit of active engagement, and the motivation to learn and be literate cannot be instructed. They can only be learned through self-directed experience (i.e. play)."
- Susan J. Oliver
Learning
"Either we spend time meeting children’s emotional needs by filling their cup with love, or we spend time dealing with behaviors caused from their unmet needs. Either way, we spend the time."
- Pam Leo
Love
"I’m more interested in arousing enthusiasm in kids than in teaching the facts. The facts may change, but that enthusiasm for exploring the world will remain with them the rest of their lives."
- Seymour Simon
Inspiration
"Everything we do as teachers must ensure that the child’s inherent desire to learn is kept alive."
- Robert John Meehan
Motivation
"True play is child-initiated and child-directed. It can occur on a blank playground. It can occur with a few tires. Children can play – and do play – when all they are given is space and time."
- Heather Shumaker
Learning
"Remind yourself daily: While education is useful, it’s love that children and the world need. A deeply loved child with only some education will go much further than a well educated child lacking love."
- Vince Gowmon
Love
"It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them."
- Leo Buscaglia
Learning
"Trust children. Nothing could be more simple, or more difficult. Difficult because to trust children we must first learn to trust ourselves, and most of us were taught as children that we could not be trusted."
- John Holt
Belief in Self
"Do not train children to learn by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."
- Plato
Education
"The best education does not happen at a desk, but rather engaged in everyday living – hands on, exploring, in active relationship with life."
- Vince Gowmon
Education
"Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn."
- Alice Miller
Empathy
"If the child is not learning the way you are teaching, then you must teach in the way the child learns"
- Rita Dunn
Education
"Discipline is helping a child solve a problem. Punishment is making a child suffer for having a problem. To raise problem solvers, focus on solutions, not retribution."
- L.R. Knost
Responsibility
"Give children toys that are powered by their imagination, not by batteries."
- H. Jackson Brown
Creativity
"When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments – tenderness for what he is and respect for what he may become."
- Louis Pasteur
Respect
"If we want children to become creative leaders then we must learn to follow their lead at an early age."
- Vince Gowmon
Leadership
"I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized."
- Haim G. Ginott
Responsibility
"What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become."
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
Belief in Self
"It is vital that when educating our children’s brains we do not neglect to educate their hearts."
- Dalai Lama
Love
"The best way to preserve a child’s vision is to let them see things their way rather than yours."
- Jacob Liberman
Respect
"We have forgotten that children are designed by nature to learn through self-directed play and exploration, and so, more and more, we deprive them of freedom to learn."
- Peter O. Gray
Learning
"This then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop."
- Maria Montessori
Education
"The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility—these three forces are the very nerve of education."
- Rudolf Steiner
Education
"Children learn and listen more willingly when they are met with kindness, empathy and patience; when their core need for connection or attachment is met."
- Vince Gowmon
Empathy
"Movement is the door to learning."
- Paul E. Dennison
Learning
"Children understand and remember concepts best when they learn from direct personal experience."
- Joseph Cornell
Learning
"It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength."
- Maya Angelou
Compassion
"Rushing children’s development is a formula for turning them into who they are not. Letting them play is a kind means of meeting them where they are and encouraging their authentic unfolding."
- Vince Gowmon
Personal Growth
"What is essential is to realize that children learn independently, not in bunches; that they learn out of interest and curiosity, not to please or appease the adults in power; and that they ought to be in control of their own learning, deciding for themselves what they want to learn and how they want to learn it."
- John Holt
Learning
"The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice."
- Peggy O’Mara
Education
"When we deny children play, we are denying them the right to understand the world."
- Erika & Nicholas Christakis
Learning
"I cherish the occasions when my daughter manages to do something for the first time, or does something better than she’s ever done it before. But I try to resist the knee-jerk tendency to say, ‘Good job!’ because I don’t want to dilute her joy. I want her to share her pleasure with me, not look to me for a verdict. I want her to exclaim, ‘I did it!’ (which she often does) instead of asking me uncertainly, ‘Was that good?’"
- Alfie Kohn
Motivation
"So much developmental trauma can be avoided if we simply give children the right to exercise their natural right to play, to move, to explore the outdoors unsupervised… if we let children be children!"
- Vince Gowmon
Well-being
"Looking back, I realize that nurturing curiosity and the instinct to seek solutions are perhaps the most important contributions education can make."
- Paul Berg
Inspiration
"Children’s emotions are as real as yours. Just because they might get sad over the colour of their cup, does not make their feelings any less real."
- Rebekah Lipp
Empathy
"Children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today. They are entitled to be taken seriously. They have a right to be treated by adults with tenderness and respect, as equals."
- Janusz Korczak
Respect
"Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Morality
"Don’t educate a child to become something or someone, educate to help them explore and celebrate who they already are."
- Vince Gowmon
Self-awareness
"There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children."
- Kofi Annan
Respect
"The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child’s own natural desire to learn."
- Maria Montessori
Motivation
"It’s not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It’s our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless."
- L.R. Knost
Love
"Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold."
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
Learning
"Teaching is learning. They are inseparable. The humility of a teacher is born when this is realized. Only then does teaching really begin."
- Vince Gowmon
Learning
"A baby is born with a need to be loved – and never outgrows it."
- Frank A. Clark
Love
"Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions."
- Alfie Kohn
Learning
"We keep thinking as adults that we need to control the way they do things. I wish we’d get out of that. They know how to play, they know how to structure their own play – they need that time to grow responsibly."
- Debbie Rhea
Learning
"The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six."
- Maria Montessori
Education
"Children come into the world exquisitely designed, and strongly motivated, to educate themselves. They don’t need to be forced to learn; in fact, coercion undermines their natural desire to learn."
- Peter Gray
Learning
"Children learn more from what you are than what you teach."
- W.E.B. Du Bois
Education
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
- Albert Einstein
Awareness
"The real magic wand is the child’s own mind."
- Jose Ortega y Gasset
Belief in Self
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
- Pablo Picasso
Education
"It is not intellect but rather imagination that is the source of creativity. What if imagination was nurtured as much if not more in school?"
- Vince Gowmon
Creativity
"The ultimate gift we can give the world is to grow our tiny humans into adult humans who are independent thinkers, compassionate doers, conscious questioners, radical innovators, and passionate peacemakers. Our world doesn’t need more adults who blindly serve the powerful because they’ve been trained to obey authority without question. Our world needs more adults who challenge and question and hold the powerful accountable."
- L.R. Knost
Leadership
"If it hasn’t been in the hand and body, it can’t be in the brain."
- Bev Bos
Learning
"If we want children to play BIG in the world, then let’s let them play in small ways to start."
- Vince Gowmon
Learning
"Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write and count. It is a small window of time to learn and develop at the pace that is right for each individual child. Earlier is not better."
- Magda Gerber
Learning
"A ‘naughty child’ doesn’t exist—a child who acts out is simply a child with unmet needs."
- Birgitte Coste
Awareness
"Movement isn’t a break from learning; movement is learning, and the opportunities for thoughtful exploration in the classroom are endless."
- Aleta Margolis
Learning
"Teach children what to think and you limit them to your ideas. Teach children how to think and their ideas are unlimited."
- Sandra Parks
Education
"A child learns when time. Some want to read at age three and some don’t care until age eight. There is no right or wrong way, no best timeline. If a child shows no interest in reading or math, it’s because he or she has something far more important to explore."
- Vince Gowmon
Learning
"The secret in education lies in respecting the student."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Education
"When children pretend, they’re using their imaginations to move beyond the bounds of reality. A stick can be a magic wand. A sock can be a puppet. A small child can be a superhero."
- Fred Rogers
Creativity
"Our only limitation in realizing tomorrow will be our current doubts."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Belief in Self
"Walking from failure to failure with enthusiasm is what defines success."
- Winston Churchill
Perseverance
"Growing up and becoming who you are takes courage."
- E.E. Cummings
Personal Growth
"Dare to listen to your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you aspire to be."
- Steve Jobs
Belief in Self
"The more you read, the more knowledge you will acquire. The more you know, the farther you’ll get."
- Dr. Seuss
Learning
"Education is not about filling a pail, but about starting a fire."
- William Butler Yeats
Education
"Learning cannot be acquired by accident; it requires ardent pursuit and diligent maintenance."
- Abigail Adams
Learning
"It is not what is poured into a student, but what is planted."
- Linda Conway
Education
"Learning can’t happen by accident; it needs zealous pursuit and constant upkeep."
- Malcolm Forbes
Learning
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
- Albert Einstein
Creativity
"True education aims to develop both intelligence and character."
- Martin Luther King Jr.
Education
"No one ever tried anything new if they never made a mistake."
- Albert Einstein
Learning from Mistakes
"The greatest gift you can give someone is your personal development."
- Jim Rohn
Personal Growth
"The greatest achievement is to be able to be who you are in a world that is constantly trying to mold you into someone else."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-confidence
"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."
- John Dewey
Education
"Believe you can, and you’re halfway there."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Motivation
"Education never comes to an end. You don’t just finish your education by finishing a book, getting a passing grade on an exam, etc. From the time you are born until the time you pass away, your entire life is a learning process."
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Learning
"Education is the ticket to the future because those who prepare for it today will own it in the future."
- Malcolm X
Education
"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"
- Dr. Seuss
Self-awareness
"If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Contribution
"When life gets you down, you know what you gotta do? Just keep swimming."
- Dory
Resilience
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill
Courage
"It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become."
- Dr Suess
Optimism
"Don't fear failure. Be afraid of not having the chance, you have the chance!"
- Sally Carrera
Motivation
"You can’t focus on what’s going wrong. There’s always a way to turn things around."
- Joy
Positivity
"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions."
- Dalai Lama
Happiness
"Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world."
- Roald Dahl, Matilda
Empowerment
"If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely."
- Roald Dahl
Positivity
"Never doubt yourself, it will only hold you back."
- J.M. Barrie
Self-confidence
"I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are."
- Mewtwo
Personal Growth
"Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do."
- John Wooden
Courage
"Our fate lives within us; you only have to be brave enough to see it."
- Merida
Courage
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'."
- Audrey Hepburn
Belief in Self
"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."
- Maya Angelou
Creativity
"Trust your head, but don't be afraid to follow your heart."
- Alice in Wonderland
Courage
"If you can dream it you can do it."
- Mickey Mouse
Aspirations
"Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
- Joshua J. Marine
Transformation
"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says 'I'm possible.'"
- Audrey Hepburn
Optimism
"The future rewards those who press on."
- Barack Obama
Perseverance
"There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. We are all different. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there’s life, there is hope."
- Stephen Hawking
Hope
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Leadership
"Fall seven times, stand up eight."
- Japanese Proverb
Resilience
"It always seems impossible until it’s done."
- Nelson Mandela
Courage
"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."
- Lucille Ball
Love
"It doesn't matter if thousands of people believe in you, unless you believe in you."
- Maddy Malhotra
Belief in Self
"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."
- Kurt Cobain
Self-awareness
"Be silly, be honest, be kind."
- Anonymous
Compassion
"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."
- Maya Angelou
Compassion
"No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted."
- Aesop
Compassion
"Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
- Mark Twain
Compassion
"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."
- Duke Ellington
Motivation
"Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you are afraid to do it, because it might hurt or whatever. But you do it anyway."
- Meg Cabot
Bravery
"The best way out is always through."
- Robert Frost
Resilience
"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way."
- Babe Ruth
Courage
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
- John A. Shedd
Courage
"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do."
- Henry Ford
Bravery
"Being different isn’t a bad thing. It means you’re brave enough to be yourself."
- Luna Lovegood
Self-awareness
"The time is always right to do what is right."
- Martin Luther King Jr.
Integrity
"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."
- E.E. Cummings
Courage
"Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded."
- Jess Lair
Education
"The word ‘education’ comes from the Latin ‘educere’ = e- (out of) + -ducere (to draw). Education is not just about putting information in. We have forgotten that it, in fact, begins in the child’s heart."
- Vince Gowmon
Education
"By education I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in the child and man; body, mind and spirit."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Education
"We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today."
- Stacia Tauscher
Awareness
"Kids don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are."
- Jim Henson
Education
"Teaching is not about answering questions but about raising questions – opening doors for them in places that they could not imagine."
- Yawar Baig
Education
"A child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn’t been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him."
- Casals
Belief in Self
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults."
- F. Douglas
Education
"To take children seriously is to value them for who they are right now rather than adults-in-the-making."
- Alfie Kohn
Awareness
"Every day, in a 100 small ways, our children ask, ‘Do you hear me? Do you see me? Do I matter?’ Their behavior often reflects our response."
- L.R. Knost
Awareness
"A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires."
- Paulo Coelho
Inspiration
"You cannot make people learn. You can only provide the right conditions for learning to happen."
- Vince Gowmon
Education
"Love is the supreme form of communication. In the hierarchy of needs, love stands as the supreme developing agent of the humanity of the person. As such, the teaching of love should be the central core of all early childhood curriculum with all other subjects growing naturally out of such teaching."
- Ashley Montagu
Love
"Remember: everyone in the classroom has a story that leads to misbehavior or defiance. 9 times out of 10, the story behind the misbehavior won’t make you angry. It will break your heart."
- Annette Breaux
Empathy
"The work of education is divided between the teacher and the environment."
- Maria Montessori
Education
"If children feel safe, they can take risks, ask questions, make mistakes, learn to trust, share their feelings, and grow."
- Alfie Kohn
Well-being
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
- W.B. Yeats
Education
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."
- Albert Einstein
Inspiration
"Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves."
- Jean Piaget
Education
"Encouraging a child means that one or more of the following critical life messages are coming through, either by word or by action: I believe in you, I trust you, I know you can handle this, You are listened to, You are cared for, You are very important to me."
- Barbara Coloroso
Empowerment
"If you trust play, you will not have to control your child’s development as much. Play will raise the child in ways you can never imagine."
- Vince Gowmon
Education
"The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do."
- Swati Sharma
Self-confidence
"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."
- Benjamin Spock
Belief in Self
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill
Courage
"With confidence, you have won before you have started."
- Marcus Garvey
Belief in Self
"Believe you can and you’re halfway there."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Belief in Self
"The expert in anything was once a beginner."
- Helen Hayes
Learning
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
- Albert Einstein
Perseverance
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
- Confucius
Resilience
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
- Steve Jobs
Motivation
"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."
- Pelé
Success
"Believe in yourself, not only in swimming but in life itself; you must always have fun and keep an open mind; if you’re not enjoying it, don’t do it; life is too short."
- Debbie Meyer
Belief in Self
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination."
- Tommy Lasorda
Determination
"Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did."
- Newt Gingrich
Perseverance
"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Winston Churchill
Success
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right."
- Henry Ford
Belief in Self
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
- Peter Drucker
Vision
"If you don't give up on something you truly believe in, you will find a way."
- Roy T. Bennett
Motivation
"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out."
- Robert Collier
Success
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
- Beverly Sills
Success
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
- Vidal Sassoon
Hard Work
"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough."
- Og Mandino
Resilience
"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
Perseverance
"If you can dream it, you can do it."
- Walt Disney
Aspirations
"A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence."
- Jim Watkins
Perseverance
"Have faith in yourself and everything you are. Know that something greater than any obstacle exists within you."
- Christian D. Larson
Belief in Self
"Energy and persistence conquer all things."
- Benjamin Franklin
Persistence
"It always seems impossible until it's done."
- Nelson Mandela
Courage
"The only way to grow is to challenge yourself."
- Ashley Tisdale
Personal Growth
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
- Joshua J. Marine
Adversity
"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."
- Elon Musk
Ambition
"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."
- Zig Ziglar
Goals
"A setback is a setup for a comeback."
- T.D. Jakes
Resilience
"The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible."
- Charles Kingsleigh
Belief
"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
- Thomas Paine
Courage
"A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adversity
"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."
- Molière
Courage
"When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They're sent to promote, increase and strengthen you."
- Joel Osteen
Resilience
"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination."
- Jimmy Dean
Change
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one."
- Elbert Hubbard
Courage
"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."
- Zig Ziglar
Aspirations
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
- Wayne Gretzky
Taking Risks
"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything."
- John Wooden
Learning from Mistakes
"The harder you work, the luckier you get."
- Gary Player
Hard Work
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas A. Edison
Learning from Mistakes
"Great things in business are never done by one person; they're done by a team of people."
- Steve Jobs
Teamwork
"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Resilience
"None of us is as smart as all of us."
- Ken Blanchard
Teamwork
"Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter."
- Dan Reeves
Growth
"Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there."
- Virginia Burden
Teamwork
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
- African Proverb
Teamwork
"We are not a team because we work together. We are a team because we respect, trust, and care for each other."
- Vala Afshar
Teamwork
"Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t."
- Rikki Rogers
Strength
"Today you are You, and there is no one alive who is Youer than You."
- Dr. Seuss
Self-confidence
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage
"Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life."
- J.K. Rowling
Resilience
"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."
- Helen Keller
Resilience
"Why blend in when you were born to stand out?"
- Dr. Seuss
Self-confidence
"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them."
- Ann Landers
Persistence
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."
- Tim Notke
Hard Work
"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."
- Pele
Success
"Resilience isn't a single skill. It's a variety of skills and coping mechanisms. To bounce back from bumps in the road as well as failures, you should focus on emphasizing the positive."
- Jean Chatzky
Resilience
"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."
- Vince Lombardi
Hard Work
"The best investment you can make is in yourself."
- Warren Buffett
Self-improvement
"Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there."
- Gale Sayers
Goals
"Fear of failure is the fuel of achievement. If you weren't afraid to fail, you probably wouldn't be highly motivated to work at the level that most of us have to work at to do well."
- Ruth Simmons
Motivation
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
- Albert Einstein
Adversity
"You are the hero of your own story."
- Joseph Campbell
Belief in Self
"You have what it takes to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud."
- Maya Angelou
Compassion
"You are capable of making a difference in the world."
- Malala Yousafzai
Empowerment
"Self-belief is the first secret to success."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Belief in Self
"Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy."
- Norman Vincent Peale
Belief in Self
"Your success will largely depend on your belief in yourself and your determination to overcome every obstacle."
- John Di Lemme
Success
"Your life does not get better by chance; it gets better by change."
- Jim Rohn
Change
"Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life."
- Les Brown
Aspirations
"Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself."
- Denis Waitley
Self-improvement
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
- Henry David Thoreau
Ambition
"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."
- Benjamin Franklin
Growth
"Dreams don't work unless you do."
- John C. Maxwell
Goals
"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."
- Winston Churchill
Change
"Failure is not fatal, and success is not final.: it is the courage to continue those counts."
- Winston Churchill
Perseverance
"The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them."
- Michelle Obama
Aspirations
"Personal growth is not a destination, it's a journey."
- Zig Ziglar
Personal Growth
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Belief in Self
"Life is made up of 10% of what happens to us and 90% of how we react to it."
- Charles R. Swindoll
Choice
"The key to success is often the ability to adapt."
- Anthony Brandt
Adaptation
"The greatest investment you can make is in yourself."
- Warren Buffett
Personal Growth
"Success is measured not by how high you have climbed, but by how you have made a positive difference in the world."
- Roy T. Bennett
Success
"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."
- Brian Herbert
Learning
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Aspirations
"Being brave means knowing something is scary, difficult, or dangerous and doing it anyway."
- Mandy Davis
Bravery
"Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star."
- W. Clement Stone
Goals
"I discovered that courage was the triumph over fear, not the absence of it."
- Nelson Mandela
Courage
"The best way to predict your future is to create it."
- Peter Drucker
Vision
"You can't control the wind, but you can adjust your sails."
- Thomas S. Monson
Adaptation
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."
- Albert Einstein
Adaptation
"If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living."
- Gail Sheehy
Growth
"Courage does not always yell. At times, courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, ‘I’ll try again tomorrow.'"
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Courage
"Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement."
- Arnold Palmer
Perseverance
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Learning
"Don’t let what you can’t do keep you from doing what you can."
- John Wooden
Motivation
"Success is not final, and failure is not fatal: what matters is the determination to keep going."
- Winston Churchill
Perseverance
"It makes no difference how slowly you go as long as you don’t stop."
- Confucius
Perseverance
"Each experience in which we truly stop to face fear gives us strength, courage, and confidence."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Facing Fears
"Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid."
- Col. David Hackworth
Courage
"It is in playing, and only in playing, that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality, and it is only in being creative that the individual discovers the self."
- D.W. Winnicott
Creativity
"To effectively teach a child one must reach the child in mind-body-heart, not just intellect, not just the linear-left brain we make such a priority."
- Vince Gowmon
Education
"Watching a child makes it obvious that the development of his mind comes through his movements."
- Maria Montessori
Learning
"It is not attention that the child is seeking, but love."
- Sigmund Freud
Love
"Are we forming children who are only capable of learning what is known, or should we try to develop creative and innovative minds?"
- Jean Piaget
Creativity
"We learn to do something by doing it. There is no other way."
- John Holt
Learning
"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."
- B.B. King
Education
"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."
- James Joyce
Learning from Mistakes
"The more adults turn play into a project, the more it loses its very essence. The gifts derived from play are suffocated by unnecessary structure and hovering, leaving little room for the child to learn, develop and enjoy his or her explorations."
- Vince Gowmon
Learning
"When you teach a child something, you take away forever the chance for him to discover it himself."
- John Piaget
Learning
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."
- Albert Einstein
Hope
"Do not…keep children to their studies by compulsion but by play."
- Plato
Learning
"Learning is alive when experiential, relevant and joyful. It is all but dead when limited to disassociated rationale and sedentariness."
- Vince Gowmon
Learning
"You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over."
- Richard Branson
Learning
"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."
- Henry Ford
Failure
"Fear is the only thing we have to fear."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Facing Fears
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."
- Albert Einstein
Integrity
"The art of teaching lies in knowing the balance between structure and flow, telling and asking, speaking and silence."
- Vince Gowmon
Education
"Children first realize they can make a difference when parents listen, then respond with sensitivity."
- Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer
Empathy
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it is the one most adaptable to change."
- Charles Darwin
Adaptation
"You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives."
- Clay P. Bedford
Inspiration
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
- Albert Einstein
Learning from Mistakes
"Follow your heart and intuition with courage. They somehow know what you aspire to be."
- Steve Jobs
Courage
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
- Oscar Wilde
Self-confidence
"Stop trying to turn children into someone they are not. Instead, let them unfold into who no human can imagine them to be."
- Vince Gowmon
Self-awareness
"Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the things you can think up if only you try!"
- Dr. Seuss
Imagination
"Believe in yourself and your abilities. Recognize that something greater than any obstacle exists within you."
- Christian D. Larson
Belief in Self
"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take."
- Wayne Gretzky
Taking Risks
"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."
- Chinese proverb
Education
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
- Sun Tzu
New Beginnings
"You’re braver than you think, stronger than you appear, and smarter than you realize."
- A.A. Milne
Belief in Self
"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you, for life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday."
- Kahlil Gibran
Love
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Belief in Self
"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
- John Wooden
Belief in Self
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Awareness
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-awareness
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
- C.S. Lewis
Aspirations
"You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward."
- Conrad Hall
Personal Growth
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
- William James
Contribution
"Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear."
- George Addair
Facing Fears
"It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
- Sir Edmund Hillary
Personal Growth
"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."
- Sam Levenson
Motivation
"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."
- Harry Golden
Hard Work
"Hard work opens doors and shows the world that you are serious about being one of those rare - and special - human beings who use the fullness of their talents to do their very best."
- Robin Sharma
Hard Work
"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark."
- Michelangelo
Aspirations
"Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."
- Pamela Vaull Starr
Aspirations
"Set your goals, follow your dreams, listen to your heart and don't let anything stand in your way."
- Brandy Johnson
Aspirations
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
- John F. Kennedy
Change
"Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win."
- Max McKeown
Adaptation
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."
- Alan Watts
Resilience
"The art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings."
- Kakuzo Okakura
Adaptation
"Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won't have a title until much later."
- Bob Goff
Adaptation
"Flexibility is the key to stability."
- John Wooden
Adaptation
"Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Adaptation
"The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher."
- Chinese Proverb
Adaptation
"The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists."
- Japanese Proverb
Resilience
"Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots."
- Victor Hugo
Change
"There is no challenge more challenging than the challenge to improve yourself."
- Michael F. Staley
Personal Growth
"The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement."
- Helmut Schmidt
Growth
"The only journey is the journey within."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Self-awareness
"Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead."
- Morihei Ueshiba
Growth
"Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better."
- Émile Coué
Positivity
"Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together."
- James Cash Penney
Teamwork
"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."
- James A. Froude
Self-improvement
"The only way that we can grow is if we change."
- C. JoyBell C.
Change
"Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
- John R. Wooden
Empowerment
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
- Thomas Edison
Hard Work
"Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned."
- Peter Marshall
Contribution
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."
- Steve Jobs
Ambition
"Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose."
- G.K. Nielson
Success
"Perfection is boring. Constant improvement is beautiful."
- Misty Copeland
Growth
"I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday."
- José N. Harris
Personal Growth
"You grow through what you go through."
- Tyrese Gibson
Growth
"The very things that hold you down are going to lift you up."
- Dumbo
New Beginnings
"It is being honest about my pain that makes me invincible."
- Nayyirah Waheed
Courage
"Feedback is the breakfast of champions."
- Ken Blanchard
Courage
"We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve."
- Bill Gates
Growth
"Mistakes should be examined, learned from, and discarded; not dwelled upon and stored."
- Tim Fargo
Learning from Mistakes
"True intuitive expertise is learned from prolonged experience with good feedback on mistakes."
- Daniel Kahneman
Learning from Mistakes
"I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better."
- Elon Musk
Personal Growth
"It doesn’t matter how strong your opinions are. If you don’t use your power for positive change, you are indeed part of the problem."
- Coretta Scott King
Change
"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking."
- Albert Einstein
Change
"Maturity is when you stop blaming others for your problems and take ownership of your own life."
- Brian Tracy
Responsibility
"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul."
- Swami Vivekananda
Personal Growth
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."
- Helen Keller
Teamwork
"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success."
- Henry Ford
Teamwork
"In union, there is strength."
- Aesop
Teamwork
"Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people."
- Steve Jobs
Teamwork
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships."
- Michael Jordan
Teamwork
"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team."
- Phil Jackson
Teamwork
"Alone we are smart, together we are brilliant!"
- Steven Anderson
Teamwork
"Teamwork is the secret that makes common people achieve uncommon results."
- Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Teamwork
"Many hands make light work."
- John Heywood
Teamwork
"United we stand, divided we fall."
- Aesop
Teamwork
"Explain to me again: how come we treat reading and mathematics as more important than learning to get along with one another?"
- Pennie Brownlee
Relationships
"Classroom management is not about having the right rules… it’s about having the right relationships."
- @SteeleThoughts
Relationships
"Deep meaning lies often in childish play."
- Johann Friedrich von Schiller
Creativity
"Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs… since the payment is pure love."
- Mildred B. Vermont
Love
"While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about."
- Angela Schwindt
Learning
"Children dance before they know there is anything that isn’t music."
- William Stafford
Joy
"Children remind us to treasure the smallest of gifts, even in the most difficult of times."
- Allen Klein
Gratitude
"The best teacher of children, in brief, is one who is essentially childlike."
- H. L. Mencken
Inspiration
"Your image of the child is where teaching begins."
- Loris Malaguzzi
Education
"Learning is not a spectator sport."
- D. Blocher
Education
"When one teaches, two learn."
- Robert Heinlein
Education
"There is no substitute for hard work."
- Thomas A. Edison
Hard Work
"The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it."
- Jordan Belfort
Self-awareness
"The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison."
- James Cash Penney
Teamwork
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."
- Harry S Truman
Success
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."
- Aristotle
Teamwork
"Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
Teamwork
"Collaboration allows us to know more than we are capable of knowing by ourselves."
- Paul Solarz
Teamwork
"Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability."
- Patrick Lencioni
Teamwork
"The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and the self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Leadership
"I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
- Thomas Jefferson
Hard Work
"Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise."
- Frank Ocean
Hard Work
"The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream."
- Tommy Hilfiger
Hard Work
"If you want to be happy, tie it to a goal rather than to people or things."
- Albert Einstein
Happiness
"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."
- Coco Chanel
Courage
"Whatever you are, be a good one."
- Abraham Lincoln
Personal Growth
"Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time."
- Rabindranath Tagore
Adaptation
"I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest."
- Venus Williams
Goals
"Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning."
- William Arthur Ward
Learning
"Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one."
- Grandmother Willow
Courage
"A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge and wisdom in the pupils."
- Ever Garrison
Education
"Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is."
- Yoda
Wisdom
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Change
"The trouble with over-structuring is that it discourages exploration."
- Jay Giedd
Education
"I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework."
- Lily Tomlin
Education
"As with everything else about children’s behavior, there’s nothing like a good role model. If you value play, your child will, too."
- Madeline Levine
Inspiration
"You don’t remember the times your dad held your handle bars. You remember the day he let go."
- Lenore Skenazy
Personal Growth
"Good teachers are those who know how little they know. Bad teachers are those who think they know more than they don’t know."
- R. Verdi
Education
"When you are born into a world where you don’t fit in, it’s because you were born to help create a new one."
- Anonymous
Inspiration
"Anything you can teach in an indoor classroom can be taught outdoors, often in ways that are more enjoyable for children."
- Cathy James
Education
"An environmental-based education movement—at all levels of education—will help students realize that school isn’t supposed to be a polite form of incarceration but a portal to the wider world."
- Richard Louv
Environment
"A spirited, unruly student is preferable. It’s much easier to direct passion than to try and inspire it."
- Joan Desmond
Motivation
"You and I are a team. There is nothing more important than friendship."
- Mike Wazowski
Connection to Earth
"Remember you're the one who can fill the world with sunshine."
- Snow White
Positivity
"We are raised in a culture that values expertise over exploration."
- Nina Wise
Philosophy
"The secret to happiness is not success. The secret to success is happiness."
- Albert Schweitzer
Happiness
"Our children should be properly introduced to the world in which they live."
- Thomas Berry
Education
"The more you teach / push those things that can be measured, the more kids will grow up feeling like they don’t measure up."
- Vince Gowmon
Education
"Children always learn, but not necessarily what you want them to learn."
- Dr.Lillian Katz
Learning
"If we want our children to move mountains, we first have to let them get out of their chairs."
- Nicolette Sowder
Education
"In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun."
- Mary Poppins
Joy
"Wisdom listens; knowledge speaks."
- Jimi Hendrix
Wisdom
"Children grow up hearing how broken the environment is, how broken beyond repair. Plant strawberries together, make wild medicines, paint the sunrise. Show them proof that for every act of destruction, they can sow a seed, however small, of beauty."
- Nicolette Sowder
Environment
"In this modern world where activity is stressed to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked."
- Margaret Wise Brown
Well-being
"Loving what you do is the only way to produce excellent work."
- Steve Jobs
Motivation
"If we taught babies to talk as most skills are taught in school, they would memorize lists of sounds in a predetermined order and practice them alone in a closet."
- Linda Darling-Hammond
Education
"Peace begins with a smile."
- Mother Teresa
Peace
"With children, it is the joint moments of delight that build the social brain."
- Mariah Moser
Education
"Grown men can learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show them many things that older people miss."
- Black Elk
Wisdom
"No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship."
- James Comer
Education
"The activities that are the easiest, cheapest, and most fun to do – such as singing, playing games, reading, storytelling, and just talking and listening – are also the best for child development."
- Jerome Singer
Education
"Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children."
- Charles R. Swindoll
Responsibility
"All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants"
- J.W. Gardner
Education
"Children don’t need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear."
- Emma Thompson
Empathy
"Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before."
- Bonnie Blair
Achievement
"Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative is where no one else has ever been."
- Alan Alda
Creativity
"Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."
- Mother Teresa
Service
"I don’t know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving."
- John Green
Self-esteem
"Life will never be the same because there has never been anyone like you…ever in the world."
- Nancy Tillman
Self-esteem
"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves."
- Dalai Lama XIV
Inner Peace
"If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete."
- Buddha
Compassion
"Dare to dream; then, decide to do."
- Annette White
Aspirations
"Rather than books and lectures, nature itself is children’s best teacher."
- Coffey
Nature
"You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company."
- Diane Von Furstenberg
Self-esteem
"Close observation of children at play suggests that they find out about the world in the same way as scientists find out about new phenonoma and test new ideas…during this exploration, all the senses are used to observe and draw conclusions about objects and events through simple, if crude, scientific investigations."
- Judith Roden
Learning
"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened."
- Buddha
Compassion
"Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."
- Desmond Tutu
Compassion
"Wherever there is a human being, there is the opportunity for a kindness."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Compassion
"How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time."
- Morgan Freeman
Compassion
"A warm smile is the universal language of kindness."
- William Arthur Ward
Compassion
"Children don’t know how to ask for what they don’t know they need. Their asking comes in the form of behaviour."
- Bonnie Harris
Awareness
"When you know better, you do better."
- Maya Angelou
Personal Growth
"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."
- Jamie Paolinetti
Creativity
"Don’t believe you have to be like anybody to be somebody."
- Nike
Self-confidence
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
- Alvin Toffler
Learning
"The people who are horrified by the idea of children learning what they want to learn when they want to learn it have not accepted the very elementary psychological fact that people (all people, of every age) remember the things that are important to them – the things they need to know – and forget the rest."
- Daniel Quinn
Learning
"Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."
- Ronald Reagan
Peace
"Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best."
- Bob Talbert
Education
"Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with."
- Tony Stark
Courage
"I continue to believe that if children are given the necessary tools to succeed, they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams!"
- David Vitter
Education
"The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation."
- Ray L. Wilbur
Hope
"Children make your life important."
- Erma Bombeck
Happiness
"There can never be too much nature inside a classroom. It is the antidote to the fast-paced, stressful world in which many young children live. Equally important, it encourages an appreciation of the natural world on which we depend."
- Condie Ward
Environment
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
- Confucius
Perseverance
"The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery."
- Mark Van Doren
Education
"Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up."
- Jesse Jackson
Compassion
"You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was."
- Abraham Lincoln
Personal Growth
"If it matters to you, you’ll find a way."
- Charlie Gilkey
Determination
"Although the brave do not live forever, the cautious do not live at all."
- Meg Cabot
Taking Risks
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."
- Henry Adams
Education
"A hero is someone who has given their life to something greater than themselves."
- Joseph Campbell
Contribution
"The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see."
- Alexandra K. Trenfor
Education
"Strong-willed children become adults who change the world as long as can hang on for the ride and resist the temptation to ‘tame’ the spirit out of them."
- Sarah Stogryn
Strength
"Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives."
- Thomas Berry
Environment
"Peace is not something you wish for, it is something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away."
- John Lennon
Peace
"You can have a lot of fun when you have confidence. And when you’re having fun, you can accomplish amazing things."
- Joe Namath
Self-confidence
"You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them."
- Michael Jordan
Belief in Self
"The moment I decided to follow instead of lead, I discovered the joys of becoming part of a small child’s world."
- Janet Gonzalez-Mena
Connection to Earth
"No pressure, no diamonds."
- Thomas Carlyle
Hard Work
"Boldness be my friend."
- William Shakespeare
Boldness
"Forget about style; worry about results."
- Bobby Orr
Focus
"If a child is poor in math but good at tennis, most people would hire a math tutor. I would rather hire a tennis coach."
- Deepak Chopra
Belief in Self
"Each day provides its own gifts."
- Marcus Aurelius
Gratitude
"With great power comes great responsibility."
- Voltaire
Responsibility
"We all can dance when we find music we love."
- Giles Andreae
Joy
"Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale."
- Hans Christian Andersen
Happiness
"Ask any child development expert, and they will tell you that children do not develop in a straight line. There are no average children. There are no standard children."
- Cassi Clausen
Awareness
"Schooling prepares children for jobs, yet getting a job is not what life is about. Life exists in the space between all we deem important."
- Vince Gowmon
Philosophy
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
- Carl Sagan
Inspiration
"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?"
- Albert Einstein
Insight
"Old men can make war, but it is children who will make history."
- Ray Merritt
Future
"Never look back, darling. It distracts for the now."
- Edna Mode
Focus
"I wake up in the morning torn between the desire to save the world and to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."
- E.B White
Balance
"Instead of teaching children to get ‘there’, why not let them be here? Where is ‘there’ anyway? The world needs more ‘here’ than ‘there’."
- Vince Gowmon
Education
"It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question."
- Decouvertes
Insight
"If you focus on what you left behind, you will never see what lies ahead."
- Gusteau
Awareness
"The soul is healed by being with children."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Healing
"Perhaps if tearful little boys were comforted instead of shamed there wouldn’t be so many angry men struggling to express and empathize with emotions."
- Lelia Scholl
Empathy
"Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler."
- Albert Einstein
Simplicity
"Asking kids to meet target on standardized tests is like making them meet a sales quota. Our kids are not commodities."
- K.L. Nielsen
Awareness
"Children cannot bounce off the walls if we take away the walls."
- Erin Kenny
Learning
"If you’re not having fun, you’re doing something wrong."
- Groucho Marx
Joy
"What matters is not what happens to you, but how you react to it."
- Epictetus
Resilience
"What an educator does in teaching is allow students to become themselves."
- Paulo Freire
Empowerment
"A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child."
- Knights of Pythagoras
Courage
"You do better when you know better."
- Maya Angelou
Learning
"The greatest glory in life is not never falling, but rising each time we fall."
- Nelson Mandela
Resilience
"Surround yourself with people who will propel you forward."
- Oprah Winfrey
Relationships
"When action is taken to achieve a dream, it becomes a goal."
- Bo Bennett
Goals
"Do one thing every day that scares you."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Facing Fears
"Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you."
- Robert Fulghum
Self-awareness
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
- Maya Angelou
Compassion
"Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."
- Sam Levenson
Time Management
"The more you read, the more you will learn. The more you know, the further you will progress."
- Dr. Seuss
Learning
"He who is not a good servant will not be a good master."
- Plato
Leadership
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Compassion
"You don’t have to be great to start, but you must start if you want to become great."
- Zig Ziglar
Motivation
"The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang."
- Vince Lombardi
Leadership
"Never let the odds prevent you from doing what you know deep down in your heart you were meant to do."
- H. Jackson Brown
Determination
"To awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge is the supreme art of the teacher."
- Albert Einstein
Joy
"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own."
- Benjamin Disraeli
Empowerment
"If you close your eyes, you’ll miss the best things."
- Dr. Seuss
Awareness
"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
- Albert Einstein
Creativity
"To do great work, you must first love what you do."
- Steve Jobs
Motivation
"You can go in any direction you want."
- Dr. Seuss
Choice
"My message is to have fun. Be silly. You’re allowed to be silly. There’s nothing wrong with that."
- Jimmy Fallon
Joy
"Dream big because every goal starts with a dream, and reach high because stars are hidden in your soul"
- Pamela Vaull Starr
Aspirations
"Be yourself and have fun."
- Richard Lowe
Self-confidence
"A teacher’s job is to teach students to see vitality in themselves."
- Joseph Campbell
Empowerment
"Those who believe in the beauty of their dreams will have a bright future."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Hope
"Just play, have fun, and enjoy the game."
- Michael Jordan
Joy
"When we find music we like, we can all dance."
- Giles Andreae
Joy
"A good teacher will explain. The excellent teacher demonstrates. A great teacher inspires."
- William Arthur Ward
Inspiration
"Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I believe that’s when you’re much successful; you have to choose to do it."
- Simone Biles
Motivation
"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me, and be my friend."
- Albert Camus
Relationships
"He who laughs most, learns best."
- John Cleese
Learning
"Wisdom begins with wonder."
- Socrates
Awareness
"I really love being human. But some days I really wish I could be fairy."
- Greta, age 4
Imagination
"I only do this because I’m having fun, and the day I stop having fun, I’ll just walk away."
- Heath Ledger
Joy
"Reclaim your sense of adventure and have some fun; don’t take every moment of your life so seriously; allow yourself to enjoy life."
- Akiroq Brost
Joy
"Enjoy life. Have fun. Be kind. Have worth. Have friends. Be honest. Laugh. Die with dignity."
- Ricky Gervais
Joy
"All that matters is that I’m having fun, being myself, and doing what I love."
- James Charles
Joy
"I enjoy fighting for what I believe in and having fun while doing so."
- Andrew Breitbart
Joy
"The key is to have fun; the moment it becomes a grind, it’s over."
- Barry Gibb
Joy
"People want to be creatively satisfied, and having fun is a big part of that."
- John Lasseter
Joy
"When you’re having fun doing something, you don’t stop to wonder why."
- Marty Rubin
Joy
"As long as you do things with a smile on your face and have fun, you’re being unfiltered."
- Bretman Rock
Joy
"I’ve prioritized mental health, fun, and doing things that make me laugh."
- Philipa Soo
Joy
"Summer means good times and good sunshine, going on the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun."
- Brian Wilson
Joy
"I’m doing exactly what I want to do, and I’m having a good time doing it."
- David Johansen
Joy
"If you follow all the rules, you’ll miss all the fun."
- Katharine Hepburn
Joy
"I’m having a great time, enjoying my life, and raising preschool."
- Harry Connick, Jr.
Joy
"At this point, I’m having fun just being a musician and an artist."
- Peabo Bryson
Joy
"I like to have fun and stay relaxed."
- Usain Bolt
Joy
"I just like to do fun stuff; if it’s not fun, I’m not going to do it for the rest of my life."
- Doja Cat
Joy
"Your positive energy will radiate, and if you act like you are having fun, you’ll find you are."
- Jean Chatzky
Joy
"It’s a lot easier to play football when you’re having fun."
- George Kittle
Joy
"Keep your spirit free, be flexible, and let go."
- Leslie Brown
Joy
"Never underestimate the value of having fun."
- Randy Pausch
Joy
"When you look back, the things that mean the most to you are just being with your friends and having a good time."
- Tom Fletcher
Joy
"Happiness is a part of who we are; joy is a feeling."
- Tony DeLiso
Joy
"I like to have fun, and I don’t need alcohol to do so."
- Rima Faikh
Joy
"I do have a childlike enthusiasm at times; I certainly enjoy life and sometimes find pleasure in childish things."
- Brian Baumgartner
Joy
"I’m going to have fun every day I have left because there is no other way to live; you just have to decide whether you’re a Tigger or an Eeyore."
- Randy Pausch
Joy
"You have to have fun along the way."
- Victoria Beckham
Joy
"Even in difficult times, it is possible to have fun."
- Eyden I.
Joy
"You expect to have fun and make money in any investment."
- Michael Jordan
Joy
"Just stay true to yourself; if you’re passionate about something, go for it; don’t make any sacrifices, just have fun."
- Blake Lewis
Joy
"We can make a difference while having fun."
- ATGW
Joy
"Stay healthy, do sports, and most importantly, have fun while doing sports."
- Rafael Nadal
Joy
"Life is too short not to have fun; we are only here for a short time in comparison to the sun and the moon and everything else."
- Coolio
Joy
"You can have a lot of fun when you have confidence, and when you have fun, you can do amazing things."
- Joe Namath
Joy
"Smile more, laugh more, and don’t get too worked up about things."
- Kenneth Branagh
Joy
"If you’re not having fun, try something new."
- Larry James
Joy
"Just keep taking risks and having fun."
- Garth Brooks
Taking Risks
"If you follow all the rules, you miss out on all the fun."
- Katherine Hepburn
Taking Risks
"Happiness is living a life filled with fun, friends, and freedom."
- Lorrin L. Lee
Happiness
"If you go around fearful, you’ll never enjoy life; you only get one chance, so have fun."
- Lindsey Vonn
Facing Fears
"A teacher who genuinely enjoys learning earns the right and ability to assist others in learning."
- Ruth Beechick
Learning
"You must always pass through failure on your way to success."
- Mickey Rooney
Perseverance
"Make every day your masterpiece."
- John Wooden
Achievement
"No one is perfect, which is why pencil erasers exist."
- Wolfgang Riebe
Self-esteem
"Preschool is people to be unfolded, not things to be molded."
- Jess Lair
Education
"Preschool see magic because they seek it."
- Christopher Moore
Imagination
"My dream is that my four preschoolers will grow up in a nation where people will value a person’s character more than their skin tone."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Morality
"Every child you meet is a divine appointment."
- Wess Stafford
Love
"Preschools are like wet cement: anything that falls on them leaves an imprint."
- Haim Ginott
Responsibility
"Preschooler’s are the hands with which we grasp heaven."
- Henry Ward Beecher
Love
"You must love preschoolers’ sacrificially. That is difficult. It is, however, the only way."
- Barbara Bush
Love
"Hugs can be extremely beneficial, especially to preschoolers."
- Diana, Princess of Wales
Compassion
"A few minutes of a parent’s time each day is the best inheritance a parent can give to preschool."
- Orlando Aloysius Battista
Family
"Even if preschoolers are already asleep, always kiss them goodnight."
- H. Brown, Jackson Jr.
Love
"Preschool are not just passing through our door. We have been given temporary custody of them so that we can love them and instill in them the morals that will guide them throughout the rest of their lives."
- James Dobson
Responsibility
"Kids never fail to mimic their parents or other adults, even though they are never very good at listening to them."
- James Baldwin
Learning
"Any child’s potential possibilities are the most fascinating and stimulating in all creation."
- Ray L. Wilbur
Aspirations
"Making preschoolers happy is the best way to make them good."
- Oscar Wilde
Happiness
"The roots of responsibility and the wings of independence are the greatest gifts you can give to preschool."
- Denis Waitley
Responsibility
"The child should always be given the opportunity to interact with the realities of life; the thorns from his roses should never be removed."
- Ellen Key
Growth
"I’ve learned that asking your kids what they want and then advising them to go after it is the best way to give them advice."
- Harry S. Truman
Motivation
"Preschools are likely to live up to your expectations."
- Lady Bird Johnson
Belief
"Preschool must be taught how to think rather than what to think."
- Margaret Mead
Education
"Every day of our lives, we make deposits in our preschool’s memory banks."
- Charles R. Swindoll
Responsibility
"Preschool need role models, not critics."
- Joseph Joubert
Leadership
"While we try to teach preschoolers everything there is to know about life, preschoolers teach us everything there is to know about life."
- Angela Schwindt
Learning
"Play is frequently mentioned as a diversion from serious learning. For preschool, however, play is serious learning. “Childhood work is play.”"
- Fred Rogers
Education
"How freely we exchange ideas and feelings preserves or diminishes our code and standards, our heritage and ideals- the things we live by and teach preschoolers."
- Walt Disney
Education
"Be a good one, whatever you are."
- Abraham Lincoln
Integrity
"Go with all your heart wherever you go."
- Confucius
Motivation
"Each lesson in life must be learned through experience."
- Helen Keller
Learning
"I believe God put us in this happy world to be happy and enjoy life."
- Robert Baden-Powell
Happiness
"People rarely succeed unless they enjoy what they are doing."
- Dale Carnegie
Motivation
"You should never stop having fun even if you’re growing up."
- Nina Dobrev
Joy
"The more you concentrate on having fun, the more fun you will have."
- A.D. Posey
Joy
"Work hard, play hard, and make history."
- Jeff Bezos
Drive
"Enjoy the small things in life, because one day you will look back only to realize that they were the big things."
- Robert Breault
Gratitude
"Education is not filling a pot, but lighting a fire."
- W.B. Yeats
Education
"Teaching is the highest form of comprehension."
- Aristotle
Education
"A teacher has an effect on eternity: he never knows where his influence ends."
- Henry Adams
Influence
"I can’t teach anyone anything; all I can do is make them think."
- Socrates
Education
"Those who are aware do. Those who comprehend, teach."
- Aristotle
Education
"A good teacher is just like a candle; it consumes itself in order to light the way for others."
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Contribution
"Good Teaching is easily recognized. You can always tell because it awakens that sensation within you that tells you this is something you’ve always known."
- Frank Herbert
Education
"Your worst adversary is also your best teacher."
- Buddha
Learning from Mistakes
"All teachings are just pointers. Living your own life is the true experience."
- Ming-Dao Deng
Personal Growth
"The art of teaching is to know how to suggest."
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Education
"Teaching is simply demonstrating that something is possible. Learning is doing it for yourself."
- Paulo Coelho
Education
"Teachers have three loves: learning, learners, and bringing the first two loves together."
- Scott Hayden
Love
"There is no such thing as failure. Only feedback."
- Robert Allen
Learning from Mistakes
"The ability to say, 'The kids are working today as if I don’t even exist,' is the best indicator of a teacher’s success."
- Maria Montessori
Education
"The greatest act of optimism is teaching."
- Colleen Wilcox
Optimism
"No one should teach unless they love it."
- Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
Love
"With the right combination of chalk and challenges, teachers can change lives."
- Joyce Meyer
Influence
"Teaching is an excellent way to continue learning."
- Matthea Harvey
Learning
"The teacher’s job is to start the learning process and then step back."
- John Warren
Education
"You can’t stop a teacher from doing something. They simply do it."
- J.D. Salinger
Determination
"Teaching is the indispensable profession, the one that allows all other professions to exist."
- David Haselkorn
Education
"Do what you can, where you are, with what you have."
- Teddy Roosevelt
Empowerment
"The job of a teacher is to take a bunch of live wires and make sure they’re well-grounded."
- Darwin Martin
Responsibility
"The message in teaching is the method, not the content."
- Ashley Montague
Education
"Your worst enemy is your best teacher."
- Gautama Buddha
Learning from Mistakes
"Educate the preschools, and men will not need to be punished."
- Pythagoras
Education
"The highest form of understanding is teaching."
- Aristotle
Education
"I owe my life to my father, but I owe my life to my teacher."
- Alexander the Great
Gratitude
"Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity."
- Kay Redfield Jamison
Well-being
"Life must be lived as if it were a game."
- Plato
Philosophy
"Offspring are a blessing from the LORD, and preschoolers are their reward."
- Psalms 127:3
Gratitude
"And He blessed them by taking them in his arms and putting his hands on them."
- Mark 10:16
Faith
"The fruit of the womb is a reward, and preschoolers are a gift from the Lord."
- Psalms 127:3
Gratitude
"Being with preschoolers heals the soul."
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Healing
"A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with virtue and vice possibilities but as yet unstained."
- Lyman Abbott
Inspiration
"Slow down and smile."
- Carla White
Mindfulness
"Never waste a minute thinking about anyone you dislike."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self-awareness
"I’ve learned that you can go anywhere you want to go, do anything you want to do, buy everything you want to buy, meet everyone you want to meet, and learn everything you want to learn, but if you don’t fall madly in love, you haven’t even begun to live."
- C. Joyful Bell
Love
"Like shoveling the sidewalk before the snow stops falling, housework should be done while preschools are still growing up."
- Phyllis Diller
Time Management
"Our most valuable resource is preschoolers."
- Herbert Hoover
Awareness
"Life is simple; just stay alive."
- Fakeer Ishavardas
Philosophy
"You can learn a lot from preschool. For example, how much patience you have."
- Franklin P. Jones
Learning
"Preschools are living messages we send to a time we won’t see."
- John F. Kennedy
Vision
"Preschool enrich your life."
- Erma Bombeck
Gratitude
"Sometimes, it’s better to bunk a class and enjoy with friends, because now, when I look back, marks never make me laugh, but memories do."
- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Joy
"Start preschool on the right path, and they will not stray even when they are old."
- Proverbs 22:6
Education
"Preschooler’s are a crown to the aged, and parents are their preschool’s pride."
- Proverbs 17:6
Family
"Old men can make war, but preschools will make history."
- Ray Merritt
Hope
"When a person’s personality shines through their looks, that is when they are cute."
- Natalie Portman
Self-confidence
"To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today."
- Barbara Johnson
Presence
"Don't wait for opportunity. Create it."
- Chris Grosser
Taking Risks
"Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds."
Hard Work
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
Leadership
"Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning."
Aspirations
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Leadership
"A little progress each day adds up to big results."
Achievement
"Failure is not fatal, and success is not final: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Perseverance
"I believe I can. I’m confident I can."
Belief in Self
"Being kind is never a waste of time."
Compassion
"Preschools are excellent imitators. So give them something fantastic to aspire to."
Inspiration
"The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday."
Self-improvement
"Dare to be yourself, no matter what others may say or do."
Self-confidence
"You're never too young to dream big."
Aspirations
"The harder you work for something, the greater you'll feel when you achieve it."
- Unknown
Hard Work
"Be brave, be strong, be fearless. You are never alone."
Bravery
"Those things you learn without joy you will forget easily."
Learning
"When we are kind to others, we also become happier."
Compassion
"Parenthood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you’d have. It’s about understanding your child is exactly the person they are supposed to be. And, if you’re lucky, they might be the teacher who turns you into the person you’re supposed to be."
Personal Growth
"Do not educate your child to be rich. Educate him to be happy, so that when he grows up he knows the value of things not the price."
Happiness
"Curiosity is the spark that drives all learning."
Learning
"To raise a child who is comfortable enough to leave you means you’ve done your job. They are not ours to keep, but to teach how to soar on their own."
Personal Growth
"Each new and exciting story began with one person and a dream."
Aspirations
"Broken crayons still color."
Self-esteem
"When nothing goes right, go left."
Adaptation
"Chase your dreams and never let anyone dull your sparkle."
Motivation
"Your growth is limited only by how much you're willing to put in the effort."
- Unknown
Efficiency
"Preschool rarely misquote. In fact, they usually repeat what you shouldn’t have said word for word."
Awareness
"Preschools are a great comfort to us in our old age, and they also help us get there quicker."
Gratitude
"Together everyone achieves more."
- Unknown
Teamwork
"Life is like a camera; focus on the positives, learn from the negatives, and if things don’t work out, try again."
Positivity
"You become happier the more you give away."
Happiness
"Be kind, because everyone you meet is fighting a battle you don’t understand."
Compassion
"We're better together!"
- Unknown
Teamwork
"Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success."
Teamwork
"Every achievement begins with the decision to try."
Motivation
"Always believe something wonderful is about to happen."
Optimism