Desire to Achieve

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"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."

- Ayn Rand 

We Need To Manage Ourselves

Here's a great quote to start your week. It comes courtesy of John Bates from his Twitter account.

"The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves."

- Steven Covey.

The Future Belongs to the Hungry

"It is clear that the economic future will belong to hungry kids, not entitled kids. It will belong to kids who know how to work hard, delay gratification, make sacrifices, and discipline themselves."

- David Walsh, PhD. No: Why Kids - of all Ages - Need to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say It. Free Press, Toronto. 2007. pg 18.

We Are All Teachers

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"We are all teachers: anything we say, at any given moment in time, can affect another's life--forever."

- Lonnie B. Hodge

I hope you enjoy this pearl of wisdom that was posted by one of my followers on Twitter.

Happy Monday Everyone!  

Donkey in the Well

I found this parable on Twitter and loved it so much. It fits in with the Motivational Monday theme too.

Surf on over there and check it out.

http://thechrisvossshow.com/donkey-in-the-well-story-life-parable/

Happy Monday Everyone!

Character - Build It Daily

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"Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts-thought by thought, action by action."

- Helen G. Douglas

 Happy Monday Everyone!

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Tails You Lose

"In life you are given two ends - one to think with and one to sit on. You success in life depends on which end you use most. Head you win, tails you lose!"

- Senator Conrad Burns (Montana)

The Right Way

"The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character."

- M. C. Smith

courtesy of learnthesecret on Twitter

Happy Monday Everyone!

Don't Give Up

"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there's love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong."

- Ella Fitzgerald.

Happy Monday Everyone!

Stay Cool

"The trouble with letting off steam is that it gets you into more hot water."

- Anonymous

Happy Monday Everyone!

Stay cool out there!

Create Yourself

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life's about creating yourself."

- George Bernard Shaw

I found this one on Twitter. I so love Twitter. This one was posted by Mind Power Now

I hope you all have a great holiday weekend!

Someday My Chance Will Come

"I will study and prepare... and someday my chance will come."

- Abraham Lincoln

Happy Monday Everyone!

2 Choices - React or Resolve

"You have two choices . . .  react or resolve."

- Zach, age 12

Taken from Deb Austin Brown's amazing book "Growing Character: 99 Successful Strategies for the Elementary School Classroom"

Happy Monday Everyone!

Only So Many Tomorrows

"Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows."

- Michael Landon

Happy Monday Everyone!

Put the Hope In

"Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains"

- Jesse Jackson

Make the right choice people. It's all on you.

Happy Monday Everyone!

Real Strength is Not Fighting

"Fighting doesn't prove anything. Real strength comes from the heart."

- Sam, age 8

from Deb Austin Brown's Growing Character.

Learn From It!

"Failure is success if we learn from it."

- Malcolm S. Forbes

Another great quote to inspire you throughout the week.

I really like the collection of motivational quotes at the back of Deb Austin Brown's Growing Character. Every teacher should find this book. It is amazing.

Happy Monday Everyone!

Imagine, Create, Dream, Become

"If you can imagine it you can create it. If you can dream it, you can become it."

- William Arthur Ward

Happy Monday Everyone!

Cash In on the Experience

"A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience."

- Elbert Hubbard

Happy Monday Everyone!

There are No Limits

"The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible."

- Arthur C. Clarke

Happy Monday Everyone!

Remember that if you have a dream, no matter what it is, you can make it happen. Some may say that it is impossible, but if you really want something to happen, you can push passed the limits of what is possible.

What a great quote to start off the week.