"In youth we learn; in age we understand" 
~Von Ebner-Eschenbach~

"If I could say just one thing to parents, it would simply
 that a child needs someone who believes in him no matter what he does."
~Alice Keliher~

"The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.:
G. K.  Chesterton

"Children spell "LOVE" ...T-I-M-E."
Dr. Anothony P. Witham

" There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children:
             One of these is roots, the other is wings."
Hodding Carter

"If you want to be listened to, you should put in some time listening."
Marge Piercy

" Most kids hear what you say;
     some kids do what you say;
         but all kids do what you do."
Kathleeen Casey Theisa

" The best thing to spend on your children is your time."
Louise Hart

" Nine tenths of education is encouragement."
Anatole France

" All children are gifted. 
Each individual child is a treasure chest, full of potential. 
The right teacher is needed to unlock them."
Robert Buesing

" Believing in a student, especially when others do not, may just be 
the answer for this student to learn to believe in himself and 
understand what it feels like to be believed in."
Debra Kammerlander

" Teaching is not just hard work, it's "HEART" work."
Eleise Buxton

" Not everyone can be a star but everyone can twinkle."
Author Unknown

" Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work 
and to play and to look at the stars."
Henry van Dyke

" People are like stars...we all have our own special light that shines
 from within. Sometimes we find our light to be dim and we struggle
 to shine... but that is when we need the light shed from the other stars 
to help us light our path once again. 
A true light that comes from within, from our divine Maker is
 so brilliant that it penetrates into the souls of the other stars onto 
which it shines, leaving it's impression for eternity. 
Are you shining for someone today??"
Author Unknown

" The ones you remember most are those who inspire you. 
You might not always remember their faces, but you'll always 
remember their words."
Danielle E. Fitzpatrick

An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be 
esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the 
brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human 
feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, 
but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and 
for the soul of the child.
--Carl Jung

A master can tell you what he expects of you. 
A teacher, though, awakens your own expectation.
--Unknown

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
-John Ruskin

"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing". 
- Dale Carnegie

"Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, 
and suddenly you are doing the impossible"
- Francis of Assisi

"When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is
 wrought in our life, or in the life of another" 
- Helen Keller

"I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand."  
Confucius, 551 BC-479

"If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else." 
Chinese Proverb