What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. Oscar Wilde
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Mother Teresa on Love
We cannot do great things; only small things with great love. Mother Teresa
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Image Credit Flickr User Fr Stephen
David Jakes on Change
Endless conversation is the barrier. Actually committing to doing something and then acting is what is required. David Jakes
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Image Credit Flickr User datruss
Richard Elmore on Teaching
Teachin gi snot rocket science. It is, in fact, far more complex and demanding work than rocket science. Richard Elmore
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Trust
Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Hafiz on Love
Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth you owe me. Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky. Hafiz
Bertrand Russell on Thought
It's clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living. Bertrand Russell
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Hugh Grant on Mistakes
I think you know in life what's a good thing to do and what's a bad thing, and I did a bad thing. And there you have it. Hugh Grant
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Thursday, 23 June 2011
Martin Luther King on Greatness
If you want to be important, wonderful. If you want to be recognized, wonderful. If you want to be great, wonderful! But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That’s the new definition of greatness. This morning the thing that I like about it, by giving that definition of greatness that means that everybody can be great, because everyone can serve. Martin Luther King
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Bob Marley on Music
One good thing about music; when it hits you, you feel no pain. Bob Marley
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Storm Jameson on Happiness
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. Storm Jameson
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Kin Hubbard on Industriousness
A bee is never as busy as it seems, it's just that it can't buzz any slower. Kin Hubbard
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Image Credit Flickr User B.Romain
Mahatma Gandhi on Change
Change is the essence of life.Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become. Mahatma Ghandi
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Image Credit Flickr User Hoola Tallulah
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Albus Dumbledore on Choice
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. Albus Dumbledore
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André Bazin on Photography
Photography does not create eternity, as art does; it embalms time, rescuing it simply from its proper corruption. André Bazin
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Image Credit Flickr User Jack Fussell
David Beckham on Intelligence
People don't think I've got the brains to be that clever. David Beckham
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Louisa May Alcott on Books
She is too fond of books, and it has addled her brain. Louisa May Alcott
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Image Credit Flickr User The Real Estraya
Ray Bradbury on Risk
Living at risk is jumping off a cliff and building your wings on the way down. Ray Bradbury
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Image Credit Flickr User demandaj
Friedrich Nietzsche on Struggle
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. Friedrich Nietzsche
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Image Credit Flickr User Hawkington
Friday, 17 June 2011
Oscar Wilde on Curiosity
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. Oscar Wilde
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Image Credit Flickr User Dia TM
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Stephen Fry on Language
Using the wonderful words of acclaimed writer, actor and all round know it all (in the best of ways) Stephen Fry, Matthew Rogers created this kinetic typography animation. In it the sometime comedian, actor, quiz master, traveler and raconteur delivers his feelings on language in the twenty first century.
Sunday, 12 June 2011
Dave Cormier on Social Media
Our blogs are now less megaphone and now more 21st century school lockers. Dave Cormier.
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Image Credit Flickr User darrendraper
Nick Pulovski on Guarantees

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster. Nick Pulovski (Clint Eastwood) in The Rookie (1990)
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Albert Einsten on Talent
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. Albert Einstein.
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Michael Wesch on Social Media
We use social media in the classroom not because our students use it, but because we are afraid that social media might be using them. Michael Wesch
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Image Credit Flickr User darrendraper
Abraham Maslow on Personal Growth
You will either step forward in to growth, or you will step backward in to safety. Abraham Maslow
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Image Credit Flickr User ecastro
Winston Churchill on Attitude
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. Winston Churchill
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Samuel Beckett on Failure
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett
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Image Credit Flickr User Pretty/Ugly Design
Dag Hammarskjold on Loneliness
Pray that your loneliness may spur you in to finding something to live for, great enough to die for. Dag Hammarskjold
Ronald Anthony on Loneliness
When we truly realize that we are all alone is when we need others the most. - Ronald Anthony
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Image Credit Flickr User thatguymark (with permission)
Saturday, 11 June 2011
Jessie Sampter on Simplicity
Simplicity is the peak of civilization. Jessie Sampter
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Image Credit Flickr User The Alieness Gisela Giardino
Elton John on Shame
I was more ashamed I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs. Elton John
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Ansel Adams on Self Expression

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. Ansel Adams.
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Adam Savage on Reality
I reject your reality and substitute my own. Adam Savage
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Image Credit Flickr User Cross Stitch Ninja
William Thacker on Love
It's as if I'v taken love heroin and now I can't ever have it again. William Thacker from Notting Hill
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Image Credit Flickr User Francesca
Pablo Picasso on Growing Up
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. Pablo Picasso
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Image Credit Flickr User Lucia
Maya Angelou on Change
I can be changed by what happens to me but I refuse to be reduced by it. Maya Angelou
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Image Credit Flickr User Bethan
Pablo Neruda on Revolution
You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming. Pablo Neruda
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