One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can – there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
Keep close to Nature’s heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.
Never take anything for granted.
In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great.
Develop an ‘attitude of gratitude.’ Say thank you to everyone you meet for everything they do for you.
A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.”
Give Honest and Sincere Appreciation.
Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.
If some people are so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it, imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation this side of insanity.
In a Nutshell – Fundamental Techniques In Handling People; Principle 1 – Don’t criticize, condemn or complain; Principle 2 – Give honest and sincere appreciation; Principle 3 – Arouse in the other person an eager want.