“Life with kids is unpredictable. Their propensity to live “in the moment” clashes easily with our “perfect plans.” — Jill Savage

Monday, October 08, 2007

I'm a quote-a-holic and I've been saving them up. Thought I'd send some inspiration your way.

One of the secrets of life is to make stepping-stones out of stumbling blocks.
-Jack Penn

The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.'
-Grace Murray Hopper

Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.
-Pete Seeger

The only difference between stumbling blocks and steppingstones is the way in which we use them.
-Unknown

Each day we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
-Charles Swindoll

When the student is ready, the teacher appears.
-Tao saying

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
-Warren Buffet

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
-Mother Teresa

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.
-Charlotte Bronte

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
-Erin Majors

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You must love fortune cookies. Lots of wisdom in those things.