Choose five (5) quotes from listing or own, identify your 5 personal
favorites - bring to class - share with team 50 points
Group 1
"Life is either a daring adventure, or
nothing." - Helen Keller
"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor
people perfected
without trials." -- Chinese Proverb
"Just because something doesn't do what you
planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless." (Thomas Edison)
"You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at yourself." (Ethel Barrymore)
"I shall pass through this world but once. Any good that I can do, or any human kindness that I can show another human being,
let me do it now and not defer it. For I shall not pass this way again."
Life is not the goal, it's the trip Leo Buscaglia
Accept me as I am - only then will we discover each other
Three grand essentials in life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for. Joseph Addison
Love is expressing your deepest feelings from your heart. Fellini
I get by with a little help from my friends. Lennon
No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you- Shalom Aleichim
What lies behind and what lies ahead are small matters compared to what lies with in.
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terrible important.
Not everything we changed, but nothing can be changed until we face it James Baldwin
Habit is habit and not to flung out the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
You can't go on being a good egg forever. You must either hatch or go rotten.
From what we get, we make a living; from what we give, we make a life. Arthur Ashe
Nothing is intrinsically good or evil, but its usage may make it so. St. Thomas Acquinas
Living is the way you die, dying is the way you live.
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?
Group 2
Life in not the goal, it's the trip Leo Buscaglia
Accept me as I am-only when we discover each other
Three grand essentials in life are something to do, something to live and something to hope for. Joseph Addison
Love is expressing your deepest feeling from your heart.
I get by with a little help from my friends. Lennon
If I want you want to talk about it ask a man/ If you want to get something done about it ask a woman. Margaret Thatcher
I shall pass through this world but once. Any good that I can do or any kindness that I can show another human being, let me
do it now and not defer it. For I shall not pass this way again.
What I am looking for is a blessing that's not in disguise. Kitty O'Neill Collins
Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. Ruth E. Renkel
Some people spend the first half of their lives indulging in excesses that shorten the last half.
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. Slovenian Proverb
Spring is nature's way of saying, "let's party." Robin Williams
Thorough preparation makes its own luck. Joe Poyer
There are times when silence has the loudest voice. Leroy Brownlow
We don't know who we are until we see what we can do. Martha Grimes
Instant availability without continuous presence is probably the best role a mother can play. Lotte Bailyn
Show me a man who is a good loser and I'll show you a man who is playing golf with his boss.
Having it all doesn't necessarily mean having it all at once. Stephanie Luetkehans
Marriage should be a duet - when one sings the other should clap. Joe Murray
If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is. Sam Rayburn
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. Jacqueline Schiff
The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. Henry L. Stimson
A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions. Joey Adams
Advise is what we ask for when we already know the answer but with we didn't. Erica Long
The time is always right to do what is right. Martin Luther King Jr.
Happiness is good health and a bad memory. Ingrid Bergman
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Beverly Sills
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Theresa
Group 3
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. Fred Allen
Desserts is stress spelled backwards.
If you want your children to listen, speak to someone else in a quiet voice.
All sunshine makes a dessert. Muslim Saying
Lots of time you have to join a parade you're not interested in order to get where you are going. Geo Morley
Common sense ain't so common.
Accept nothing without examination. Reject nothing without consideration. Dr. Robert Anthony
Forget goals, value the process. Jim Bouton
Don't die wondering if life could have been for experience is the steppingstone to prosperity.
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they see that past better that it was, the preset worse that it is and the
future better that what it will be.
Frustration is when the same snow that covers the ski slopes makes the roads to them impassable. James Holt McGavran
Square meals often make round people. E. Joseph Cossman
Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the
politicians as a joke. Will
People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along with out it. John Steinbeck
Use soft words in harsh arguments. English Proverb
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night. Leo Alkman
Thanks to the interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast with out seeing
anything. Charles Kuralt
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. Rev. Hersberg
A grownup is one who has stopped belonging to the younger generation and has started complaining about it.
The best inheritance a parent can give to his children is a few minutes of his time each day. O.A. Battista
It is easy to take liberty for granted when you had it taken from you. Dick Cheney
Nothing in fine print is ever-good news. Andy Rooney
Your basic assignment as a parent is to work yourself out of a job. Paul Lewis
Midlife crisis is that moment when you realize your children and your clothes about the same age. Bill Tammeus
The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job
application form.
The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win. Bobby Knight
If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all. Joey
Group 4
A stumble may prevent a fall. English Proverb
Some folks pay a compliment like they went down in their pocket for it. Kim Hubbard
If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. Bob Hope
Life is like a grammar lesson, the present is tense and the past is perfect.
Life can only be understood backward, but must be lived forward. Kierkegaard
Mark Twain Sayings
"All you need to succeed in medicine is ignorance and confidence."
"My religion does not condone abstinence. We believe in reform, but not excess."
"If God created man, He must have had a sense of humor. Or else He was tired."
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between dog and
man."
"A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother."
"Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits."
"Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do."
"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."
"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races after another."
"A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition."
"If you are going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now."
"It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is necessarily final."
"I am a great believer in luck and I find that harder I work the more I have of it."
"The movement of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else."
"Weekends are a bit like rainbows: they look at a distance but disappear when you get up close to them."
"No man is rich enough to buy back his past."
"It is remarkable how fast you stop lying when you have cancer."
"Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which, if you will sit down, quiet, may alight
upon you."
Group 5
"The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up and speak in public."
Against the assault of laughter nothing stands
There ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.
A man can not be comfortable without his own approval. Twain
Success
The difference between a successful person and others is not the lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack
of will. Vincent T. Lombardi
Achievement
Success is mot measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered, and the courage with which
he maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. Charles A. Lindbregh
Courage
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, who strives valiantly; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great
devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he
fails, fails at daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls, who know neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
Group 6
Measuring Up
The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of
controversy and challenge. Martin Luther King Jr.
More Measuring Up
Not by gain our life is measured
But by what we've lost 'tis scored;
'Tis not how much wine is drunken
But how much has been outpoured
For the strength of love over standeth
In the sacrifice we bear;
He who has the greatest suffering
Ever has the most to share.
Excellence
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of
endeavor. Vincent T. Lombardi
In the middle of every DIFFICULTY lies opportunity. Albert Einstein
Determination
NEVER, NEVER Quit! Winston Churchill
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the luckier I get. Stephen Leacock.
Don't stay in bed, unless you make money in bed. George Burns
Money is the seed of money. Rousseau 1754
I used to think I was poor, then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of
myself as poor-I was deprived. They then told me underprivileged was over used - I was disadvantaged. I still don't have a
dime, but I have a great vocabulary. Julies Feiffer.
I started out with nothing and still have most of it.
Group 7
There are 2 things to aim for in life. The first to get what you want and the second to enjoy it. Only the wisest achieve the
second.
Who tells you "NO"? When you think of your defeats first look as what you learned from them and ask yourself "Am I good at
singing, being good friend, etc. to place defeat in perspective.
A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once. Frank A. Clark
Time has a wonderful way of weeding out the trivial. Richard Ben Sapir
Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response. Mildred Barthel
You never know when you're making a memory. Rickie Lee Jones
Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone. Jim Riebig
Discoveries are often made by not following instructions, by going off the main road, by trying the untried. Frank Tyger
I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it makes sense. Harold Kushner
The entire sum of existence is the magic of being need by just one person. Vil Putnam
It has been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a four-day vacation, the thin veneer of family unity wears off almost at
once, and we revealed in our true personalities. Shirley Jackson
Treat a child as if he already is the person he's capable of becoming. Haim Ginott
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong. Charles Wadsworth
The right to do something does not mean hat doing it is right. William Safire
Be like a postage stamp- stick to one thing until you get there. Josh Billings
Tact is rubbing out another's mistake instead of rubbing it in. Unknown
If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live. Lin Yutang
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Malcolm Forbes
In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these. Paul Harvey
There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear. Frank Tyger
Group 8
The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. Fran Lebowitz
Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even though they wish they were. Unknown
To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. Robert M. Pirsig
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the
best, you often get it.
Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in
life. Issac Bashevis Singer
Life is a do it yourself kit. Phyllis Diller
If not me, who? If not now, when? Ellie Weissel
In
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a
trade unionist. Then they came for Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me but by
that time no one was left to speak up. Pastor Martin Niemoller
Why can't life's problems hit us when we are 17 and know everything? A.C. Holly
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps make you life. Sandra Carey
Throughout history the most common debilitating human aliment has been cold feet.
Few things in life are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own. Doug Larson
God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat ourselves on the back nor kick ourselves too easily.
The will to persevere is often the difference failure and success. David Sarnoff
When you lose an hour in the morning you look for it the whole day and never find it.
Make it your business to know yourself, which is the most difficult in the world. Cervantes
One of the truisms of life is that each of us must decide which role are we going to play. Are we going to be pigeons or
statutes?
Group 9
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you can't do. Tommy John
Press on. Nothing the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unrewarded talent.
Education alone will not: the world is full of educated failures. Persistence alone is omnipotent. Calvin Coolidge
Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time. Steven Wright
Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you want. Dan Stanford
What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of living high. Doug Larson
This summer one third of the nation will be ill housed, ill nourished and ill clad. Only they call it a vacation. Robert Orben
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. Mignon McLaughlin
It takes along time to grow an old friend. John Leonard
Trust in God- but tie your camel tight. Persian Proverb
I never blame myself when I' not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps it up I change bats . . . After all, if I know it isn't my
fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself. Yogi Berra
Keep a diary and one-day it'll keep you. Mae West
One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of you three closest friends - and if they seem okay, then
you're the one. Ann Landers
If my doctor told me I only had six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. Issac Asimov
If you think school is hard- Just try going through life stupid.
Love your enemy - it'll drive him nuts. Anonymous
Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth. Erma Bombeck
Before you loan a friend money, decide which one you need more.
The road to success is often under construction.
If you want to talk about it, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman. Margaret Thatcher
How old would I be if I didn't know how old I was?
To
live without loving is not really to live. - Moliere
The
bravest are the tenderest. The loving are the daring. - Henry
Group 10
One
man all by himself is nothing. Two people who belong together
make a world. - Hans Margolius
He
whom love touches not walks in darkness. - Plato
Tell
me who you love, and I'll tell you who you are. - Creole
proverb
Those
who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but
they die young. - A.W. Pinero
Two
human loves make one divine. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Love
cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who
receive it. - Karl Menninger
Love
does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking
together in the same direction. - Antoine de
Saint-Exupery
Let
us always greet each other with a smile, for the smile is the
beginning of love. - Mother Teresa
Happiness
is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the
achievement of one's values.
Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)
The
happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence
but in the mastery of his passions.
Alfred
Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892)
Many
persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness.
It
is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to
a worthy purpose.
Helen
Keller (1880 - 1968)
Remember
that happiness is a way of travel - not a destination.
Roy
M. Goodman
No
man is happy who does not think himself so.
Publilius Syrus (~100
BC), Maxims
"There
are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far
less than the long-range risks and costs of
comfortable inaction."
John
F. Kennedy
"He
who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as
surely as if he had failed." William
James
"A
vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but
otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and
psychology in the
world." Paul Dudley White
"Noble
deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression."
Dodie Smith