by Barb Erickson

Sa, 02-01:
Life is built on the things we do; the only constructive material is positive action.
~ Unknown

Su, 02-02:
What you want to be eventually you must be every day. With practice, the quality of your deeds will get down into your soul.
~ Frank Crane

Mo, 02-03:
Your morning thoughts will determine you conduct for the day. Optimistic thoughts will make your day bright and productive, while pessimistic thinking will make it dull and wasteful.
~ William M. Peck

Tu, 02-04:
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
~ Caron de Beaumarchais

We, 02-05:
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Th, 02-06:
The key to achievement lies in being a HOW thinker, not an IF thinker.
~ Unknown

Fr, 02-07:
The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation.
~ Ray L. Wilbur

Sa, 02-08:
Good teachers empathize with kids, respect them, and believe that each one has something special that can be built upon.
~ Ann Lieberman

Su, 02-09:
The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among her/his followers, gives not of her/his wisdom, but rather of her/his faith and her/his lovingness. If s/he is indeed wise, s/he does not bid you enter the house of her/his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.
~ Kahlil Gibran

Mo, 02-10:
If an adult laughs loudly, we call it "socializing". If a child laughs loudly, we call it "misbehaving".
~ Unknown

Tu, 02-11:
Time is everything. Anything you want, anything you accomplish -- pleasure, success, fortune -- is measured in time.
~ Joyce C. Hall

We, 02-12:
Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Th, 02-13:
There is no shortcut. Victory lies in overcoming obstacles every day.
~ Unknown

Fr, 02-14:
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.
~ Lao-Tzu

Sa, 02-15:
Leadership is action, not position.
~ Unknown

Su, 02-16:
Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
~ Amelia Earhart

Mo, 02-17:
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
~ John F. Kennedy

Tu, 02-18:
Stay focused; stay curious; do what you say you will do.
~ Unknown

We, 02-19:
The happiest life is that which constantly exercises and educates what is best in us.
~ Philip G. Hamerton

Th, 02-20:
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
~ Henry David Thoreau

Fr, 02-21:
Add value to every day. Sharpen your skills, your understanding.
~ Unknown

Sa, 02-22:
Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.
~ Unknown

Su, 02-23:
As you gain experience, you mature as an individual, and along with that comes the confidence that you have the ability to solve problems.
~ Chuck Noll

Mo, 02-24:
Our aspirations are our possibilities.
~ Samuel Johnson

Tu, 02-25:
Throw yourself into the wonders of the world.
~ Unknown

We, 02-26:
The actual is limited, the impossible immense.
~ La Martine

Th, 02-27:
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
~ Edward Gibbon

Fr, 02-28:
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
~ Unknown