Apple Seeds...
by Barb Erickson
Every morning Barb/MI posts an inspiring or thought-provoking quotation we refer to as an "Apple Seed" on the main chatboard
http://teachers.net/chatboard. The "Apple Seeds" she posted during the month of May are compiled here.
May 2003
Th, 05-01:
No person ever became great except through many and great mistakes.
~ William E. Gladstone
Fr, 05-02:
It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
~ Sir Edmund Hillary
Sa, 05-03:
Every day is a gift. Treat it kindly. Share it with joy.
~ Unknown
Su, 05-04:
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.
~ Pearl S. Buck
Mo, 05-05:
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardens who make our souls blossom.
~ Unknown
Tu, 05-06:
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
~ William Wordsworth
We, 05-07:
Nothing would be done at all if we waited until it could be done so well that no one could find fault with it.
~ Cardinal Newman
Th, 05-08:
Who can say with certainty that one will live to see tomorrow?
~ Tibetan proverb
Fr, 05-09:
Anyone who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life.
~ Charles Darwin
Sa, 05-10:
Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.
~ Unknown
Su, 05-11:
Champions believe in themselves even when others do not.
~ Unknown
Mo, 05-12:
When you declare, you will achieve.
~ Unknown
Tu, 05-13:
All people should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
~ James Thurber
We, 05-14:
The real malady is fear of life, not death.
~ Naguib Mahfouz
Th, 05-15:
No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again today.
~ the Buddha
Fr, 05-16:
Pursue worthy aims.
~ Solon
Sa, 05-17:
In the power to change yourself is the power to change the world around you.
~ Anwar Sadat
Su, 05-18:
Do the little things well now. In time, great things will be presented to you, waiting to be done.
~ Persian proverb
Mo, 05-19:
It is time for all of us to cheer for the doer, the achiever ¯ the one who recognizes challenge and does something about it.
~ Vince Lombardi
Tu, 05-20:
Sometimes things become possible if we want them enough.
~ T. S. Eliot
We, 05-21:
Life is lived in the present. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow is yet to be. Today is the miracle.
~ Unknown
Th, 05-22:
Don't be run so much by what you lack as by what you have already achieved.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Fr, 05-23:
We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly.
~ Aristotle
Sa, 05-24:
Confidence is the inner voice that says you are becoming what you are capable of being.
~ Unknown
Su, 05-25:
Decide what is worthwhile and follow through on it.
~ Unknown
Mo, 05-26:
We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.
~ Francis A. Walker
Tu, 05-27:
The universe is change, life is understanding.
~ Unknown
We, 05-28:
Courage is grace under pressure.
~ Ernest Hemingway
Th, 05-29:
To move the world, we must first move ourselves.
~ Socrates
Fr, 05-30:
It takes time to be a success, but time is all it takes.
~ Unknown
Sa, 05-31:
The great doing of little things makes the great life.
~ Eugenia Price
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