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Apple Seeds...

by Barb Erickson


Every morning Barb/MI posts an inspiring or thought-provoking quotation we refer to as an "Apple Seed" on the main chatboard
http://teachers.net/chatboard. The "Apple Seeds" she posted during the month of April are compiled here.

April 2003

Tu, 04-01:
Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.

~ Plato

We, 04-02:
Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless, calmly licking its chops.

~ H. L. Mencken

Th, 04-03:
A good mind possesses a kingdom.

~ Seneca

Fr, 04-04:
People argue; nature acts.

~ Voltaire

Sa, 04-05:
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

~ George S. Patton

Su, 04-06:
No animal admires another animal.

~ Blaise Pascal

Mo, 04-07:
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

~ Charles Dickens

Tu, 04-08:
Moderation in all things.

~ Terence

We, 04-09:
Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.

~ Horace

Th, 04-10:
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.

~ Andrew Carnegie

Fr, 04-11:
A work of art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.

~ Emile Zola

Sa, 04-12:
Follow your bliss.

~ Joseph Campbell

Su, 04-13:
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

~ Socrates

Mo, 04-14:
Leave undone whatever you hesitate to do.

~ Yoshida Kanko

Tu, 04-15:
Never contend with a person who has nothing to lose.

~ Baltasar Gracian

We, 04-16:
Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most like it least.

~ Samuel Johnson

Th, 04-17:
Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon her/him and to let her/him know that you trust her/him.

~ Booker T. Washington

Fr, 04-18:
'Tis easy enough to be pleasant when life flows like a song/ But the person worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Sa, 04-19:
Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg, by the side of which more will be laid.

~ Henry David Thoreau

Su, 04-20:
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

~ Benjamin Disraeli

Mo, 04-21:
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.

~ Aristotle

Tu, 04-22:
All experience is a torch to light the way of each new challenge.

~ Unknown

We, 04-23:
In times of distress, strengthen your heart.

~ Samuel ha-Nagid

Th, 04-24:
Life is filled with possibilities.

~ Unknown

Fr, 04-25:
A good scare is worth more than good advice.

~ Ed Howe

Sa, 04-26:
Do not settle for less than an extraordinary life.

~ Unknown

Su, 04-27:
Resolved: To live with all my might while I do live, and as I will wish I had lived ten thousand years from now.

~ Jonathan Edwards

Mo, 04-28:
We do not regard what is before our feet; we all gaze at the stars.

~ Quintas Ennius

Tu, 04-29:
Stay alert. You can observe a lot by watching.

~ Yogi Berra

We, 04-30:
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

~ Anatole France


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