Education Tools for 6th – 8th Graders

Please share some of your favorite quotes.

Some of mine are below.

A chip on a shoulder is the heaviest load a man can carry.  Anon.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.  Winston Churchill

The more we learn to live without, the more we will have to live with.  Anon.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.  Joseph Joubert

Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin;

     it should make you jump up and do something.  E. L. Simpson

You never find yourself until you face the truth.  Pearl Bailey

Isn’t the best way to save face is to keep the lower part shut?  Anon.

A pot that boils over only soils itself.  Anon.

Fortitude – strength of the mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage.

Pride before God is like a red flag before a bull.  Richard Altork

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and

     an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.  Pres. Harry Truman

PUSH – Pray Unitl Something Happens