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 April are compiled here.
April 2003
Tu, 04-01:
Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
~ Plato
We, 04-02:
Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless, calmly licking its chops.
~ H. L. Mencken
Th, 04-03:
A good mind possesses a kingdom.
~ Seneca
Fr, 04-04:
People argue; nature acts.
~ Voltaire
Sa, 04-05:
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
~ George S. Patton
Su, 04-06:
No animal admires another animal.
~ Blaise Pascal
Mo, 04-07:
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
~ Charles Dickens
Tu, 04-08:
Moderation in all things.
~ Terence
We, 04-09:
Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.
~ Horace
Th, 04-10:
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.
~ Andrew Carnegie
Fr, 04-11:
A work of art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.
~ Emile Zola
Sa, 04-12:
Follow your bliss.
~ Joseph Campbell
Su, 04-13:
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
~ Socrates
Mo, 04-14:
Leave undone whatever you hesitate to do.
~ Yoshida Kanko
Tu, 04-15:
Never contend with a person who has nothing to lose.
~ Baltasar Gracian
We, 04-16:
Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most like it least.
~ Samuel Johnson
Th, 04-17:
Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon her/him and to let her/him know that you trust her/him.
~ Booker T. Washington
Fr, 04-18:
'Tis easy enough to be pleasant when life flows like a song/ But the person worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Sa, 04-19:
Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg, by the side of which more will be laid.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Su, 04-20:
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
Mo, 04-21:
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.
~ Aristotle
Tu, 04-22:
All experience is a torch to light the way of each new challenge.
~ Unknown
We, 04-23:
In times of distress, strengthen your heart.
~ Samuel ha-Nagid
Th, 04-24:
Life is filled with possibilities.
~ Unknown
Fr, 04-25:
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
~ Ed Howe
Sa, 04-26:
Do not settle for less than an extraordinary life.
~ Unknown
Su, 04-27:
Resolved: To live with all my might while I do live, and as I will wish I had lived ten thousand years from now.
~ Jonathan Edwards
Mo, 04-28:
We do not regard what is before our feet; we all gaze at the stars.
~ Quintas Ennius
Tu, 04-29:
Stay alert. You can observe a lot by watching.
~ Yogi Berra
We, 04-30:
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
~ Anatole France
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