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[blockquote author=”” ]Ability is rated by what is finished, not what is started.[/blockquote] “Motivation—where can I buy some?” “They never seem to reach their full potential. Just one time I wish they would all give 100 percent.” “This year’s class has... 
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[blockquote author=”” ]You can’t do everything, but you can do something.[/blockquote] The title of this article should provoke some questions in your mind. Isn’t positive generally related with “happy,” “upbeat,” “fun,” or “not negative?” Although this is... 
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[blockquote author=”Mark Twain” ]Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear[/blockquote] When there is any conflict between or among people, it generally stems from a kind of behavior that “turns off” someone else. (Adults label it... 
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[blockquote author=”Franklin D. Roosevelt” pull=”normal”]Happiness…lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.[/blockquote] To date, I have not met anyone who did not want to be successful in whatever he or she... 
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[blockquote author=”” ]Where I was is destroyed, where I am stands condemned, where I shall be is just now being built.[/blockquote] When we all have the potential to succeed at almost anything we choose, why do so few people attain a high... 
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[blockquote author=”Cullen Hightower” ]One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There’s no telling what a lot of courtesy would do.[/blockquote] As teachers, we all have a desire to present valuable information to our... 
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Together we stand, divided we fall. We are a society that thrives on competition. We compete in school for grades; we compete in our professional lives to achieve positions and titles; and we compete in our daily life patterns for everything from a faster lane on the... 
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[blockquote author=”Theodore Roosevelt” ]The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again… who knows the great enthusiasms,... 
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[blockquote author=”” ]There are no limits to the amount of good you can accomplish if you don’t care who gets the credit.[/blockquote] Teacher? Psychologist? Counselor? Performer? Confidant? And other assorted job-related responsibilities included in the... 
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[blockquote author=”” ]A mistake is at least evidence that someone tried to do something.[/blockquote] Education is full of little axioms we all pass over somewhere in our education classes in college and soon forget in the midst of the everyday tasks at...