"Math is like going to the gym for your brain. It sharpens your mind." ~Danica Mckellar
"Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow."
"Don’t worry about getting it right. Just worry about getting it started."
“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.” ~Pat Riley
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” ~Zig Ziglar
“In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.” ~David Viscott
“There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.”
“Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.” ~Alan Schoenfeld
“We determine our destiny by the actions we take today.” ~Catherine Pulsifer
“You cannot solve a problem by using the same kind of thinking you used to create them.”
"Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish." ~Brad Henry
“One bad chapter doesn’t mean the story’s over.”
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” ~Thomas Alva Edison
“Life is 10% what happens and 90% how I react to it... we are in charge of our attitudes.” -Chuck Swindoll
“We determine our destiny by the actions we take today.” ~Catherine Pulsifer
"If plan A doesn’t work, there are 25 other letters in the alphabet."
“One bad chapter doesn’t mean the story’s over.”
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” ~Thomas Alva Edison
“Life is 10% what happens and 90% how I react to it... we are in charge of our attitudes.” -Chuck Swindoll
“We determine our destiny by the actions we take today.” ~Catherine Pulsifer
"If plan A doesn’t work, there are 25 other letters in the alphabet."
“Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being excited about what could go right!”
"Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." ~Thomas Edison
"Developing a good work ethic is a key to success. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you're a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life." ~Tyler Perry
"Never be ashamed, embarrassed or afraid to be the only one doing something if it's the right thing to do. You don't have to compromise your integrity to fit in." ~Derek Jones, Duke Football Coach
“If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.”
“All roads that lead to success have to pass through hard work boulevard at some point.” ~Eric Thomas
“Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.” ~Booker T. Washington
“It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.” ~Babe Ruth
“Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work, and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.” ~Hamilton Holt
"Do not judge someone by their successes but by how many times that they fell and got back up."
"Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education." ~Martin Luther King Jr.
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty." ~Winston Churchill
“Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is. ” ~Anne Frank
“It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.” ~Oprah Winfrey
"You have only failed if you have given up."
“All things are difficult before they become easy.”
“Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.” ~Vince Lombardi
“The best angle from which to approach a problem is the Try-angle.”
“Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.” ~Jose Ortega Y Gasset
"The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply." ~ Denis Waitley
“I never lose. I either win or I learn.”
"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential." ~Winston Churchill
“No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.” ~Ramana Maharshi
"Respect requires empathy, the capacity to anticipate and understand the feelings of others. It requires consideration." ~ Deborah Norville
"Respect other people regardless of the level they are at... or the level you are at. When you hand out respect, you get it back." ~ Erik Estrada
“I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that it doesn’t work.” -Thomas Edison
"The right to be respected is won by respecting others." ~Vasyl Sukhomlynsky
"Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions." ~Kiana Tom
“Deeply respecting yourself is the first step toward having a deep respect for others.” ~Amy Leigh Mercree
"Respect is a two-way street, if you want to get it, you've got to give it." ~R.G. Risch
“Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right.” -Henry Ford
“Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.” ~John C. Maxwell
"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."
~Sam Ewing
~Sam Ewing
"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." ~ Christopher Robin (A.A. Milne)
“I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.” ~James Cash Penney
“We don’t grow when things are easy. We grow when we face challenges.”
"It's okay to not know, but it's not okay to not try."
"It costs nothing to be nice." ~ Harry Styles
"Three things in human life are important:
the first is to be kind;
the second is to be kind;
the third is to be kind."
~ Henry James
the first is to be kind;
the second is to be kind;
the third is to be kind."
~ Henry James
“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.” ~ David Bly
"Even the darkest hour has only sixty minutes." ~ Morris Mandel
"Mistakes are proof that you’re trying."
"Don’t wait to reach your goal to be proud of yourself. Be proud of yourself with each step you make."
"You have not failed unless you have quit trying." ~Gordon B. Hinckley
“Don’t wait to reach your goal to be proud of yourself. Be proud of yourself with each step you make.”
“Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.” ~Samuel Johnson
“Your attitude determines your direction.”
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
"It's not about being the best. It's about being better than you were yesterday."
"Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just stand there."
“The moment you doubt that you’ll be able to fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” ~Peter Pan
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” - Albert Einstein
"How you make others feel about themselves says a lot about you."
"There is no shame in not knowing. The shame lies in not finding out." ~ Assyrian proverb
"Have big dreams; you'll grow into them."
"Don't get sidetracked by people who are not on track."
"The secret to a happy life is respect. Respect for yourself and respect for others." ~ Ayad Akhtar, American Dervish
"The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do."
"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure." ~ Colin Powell, statesman
"You will remember this plate of toothpaste for the rest of your life. Your words have the power of life or death. As you go into middle school, you are about to see just how much weight your words carry. You are going to have the opportunity to use your words to hurt, demean, slander and wound others. You are also going to have the opportunity to use your words to heal, encourage, inspire and love others. You will occasionally make the wrong choice. I can think of three times this week I have used my own words carelessly and caused harm. Just like this toothpaste, once the words leave your mouth, you can't take them back. Use your words carefully…. When others are misusing their words, guard your words. Make the choice every morning that life-giving words will come out of your mouth. Decide tonight that you are going to be a life-giver in middle school. Be known for your gentleness and compassion. Use your life to give life to a world that so desperately needs it. You will never, ever regret choosing kindness."
~ Amy Beth Gardner
~ Amy Beth Gardner
"Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ~ Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
"By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail." ~ Benjamin Franklin
"The difference between a master and a beginner is that the master has failed more times than the beginner has ever tried."
"I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature." ~ John D. Rockefeller, industrialist
"The past does not equal the future." ~ Anthony Robbins, motivational speaker
"People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success." - Norman Peale
"Sometimes all we need is a fresh start."