Quotes

Quotes I enjoy from the American school of cheese:

• "If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my ax."
  - Abraham Lincoln

• "It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question."
  - Decouvertes

• "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really Great make you feel that you, too, can become Great."
  - Mark Twain

• "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed."
  - Booker T. Washington

• "The secret in education lies in respecting the student."
  - Ralph Waldo Emerson

• "Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to!"
  - Unknown

• "There is no "I" in TEAM, but there is a ME if you look hard enough!"
  - Ricky Gervais as David Brent, The Office

• "The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones ... is how you use them!"
  - Unknown

• Lessons from Geese:
  FACT 1 - As each Goose flaps its wings it creates an uplift for the birds that follow. By flying in a V formation, the whole flock adds 71 per cent greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.
  LESSON - People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going more quickly and easily because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.
  FACT 2 - When a Goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying alone. It quickly moves back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front of it.
  LESSON - If we have as much sense as a Goose we stay in formation with those headed where we want to go. We are willing to accept their help and give our help to others.
  FACT 3 - When the lead Goose tires, it rotates back into the formation and another Goose flies to the point position.
  LESSON - It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership. As with Geese, people are interdependent on each other's skills, capabilities and unique arrangements of gifts, talents or resources.
  FACT 4 - The Geese flying in formation honk to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.
  LESSON - We need to make sure our honking is encouraging. In groups where there is encouragement, the production is much greater. The power of encouragement (to stand by one's heart or core values and encourage the heart and core of other) is the quality of honking we seek.
  FACT 5 - When a Goose gets sick, wounded or shot down, two Geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help and protect it. They stay with it until it dies or is able to fly again. Then, they launch out with another formation or catch up with the flock.
  LESSON - If we have as much sense as Geese, we will stand by each other in difficult times as well as when we are strong.

• "The dictionary is the only place that Success comes before Work!"
  - Unknown

• "No matter what they think ...No matter what they say ... I know I'm very Special in my very own Special way!"
  - Mark J. Peltier-Robson

• "It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop."
  - Confucius

• "Don't bother trying to teach a pig to sing; you only waste your time and annoy the pig."
  - Unknown

• "We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children."
  - John Sculley

• "As long as teachers give tests, there will always be prayer in our schools."
  - Unknown