Random Pieces of Inspiration & Wisdom
Some quotes I collected over the last ten days...
(To H.C. – for painting me a rainbow.)
“For hope is but a dream for those that wake.” – Matthew Prior
“Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look at the stars.” – Van Dyke
“Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.” – Karl Barth
“It is extraordinary how music sends one back to the memories of the past, and it is the same with smells.” – George Sand
“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” – Anatole France
“Why are haikus so intensely creative? Because you have to compact the infinite creativity of the mind into a limited space.” - Foust
“You cannot solve any problem by the same consciousness in which the problem was created.” - Albert Einstein
“It’s like trying to construct the house from the roof downward.” – Youn Kim
“propelling teaching and learning”
“Never, never, never give up.” – Winston Churchill
“life isn’t all academics”
98% of life is showing up.
“turning into sheer logic v. having a human side”
“diseases of poverty”
“it’s people like these people that change the world”
“[Understand the needs and patterns of] paper ideas that never pan out in implementation and application.”
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Posted by Amanda at April 08, 2003 11:50 AM