Something to ponder

Something to ponder...

“Some people live their lives drifted by the wind, others control the wind’s direction”
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. John Wooden
With each decision, we should be convinced that we're doing the best we can under the circumstances -- best for ourselves, best for our family, best for our loved ones, and, possibly, best for society as well. Alexandra Stoddard
Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth. Dr Helen Caldicott
Teachers, I believe, are teh most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect teh fateof teh earth. Dr Helen Calldicott
Our background and circumstances may influence who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. anon
Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it. Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. Anon
To laugh often and love much...to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self...this is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson
My father gave me these hints on speech-making: 'Be sincere...be brief...be seated.'" - James Roosevelt, son of Franklin D. Roosevelt
"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle -- victorious." - Vince Lombardi
"Remember each day is new and living one day at a time enables us to truly enjoy life and live it to the fullest."
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. - Josh Billings
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A sign in a Podiatrist's office:
"Time wounds all heels."
Never face facts; if you do, you'll never get up in the morning.
-- Marlo Thomas
The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometines as great as a month.
-- Henry Van Dyke
Television is a medium because anything well done is rare. -- Fred Allen
Do You Speak Computer-ese? Home is where you hang your @. The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail. You can't teach a new mouse old clicks. C:\ is the root of all directories. Oh, what a tangled website we weave when first we practice. The modem is the message. Too many clicks spoil the browse. The geek shall inherit the earth. There's no place like http://www.home.com Don't byte off more than you can view. What boots up must come down. Windows will never cease.
If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. --Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. --Isaac Asimov
Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long. -- Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours. --Sam Ewing
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there," stop yourself. That thought is the problem. -- Stephen Covey
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. - Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is. -- Vince Lombardi
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams. -- Unknown
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it. -- Stevie Wonder
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. -- Will Durant
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. - Jonathan Kozol
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. - Unknown
What is red and blue, and purple and green? No one can reach it, not even the queen.
Have you ever noticed that the people who are late are often so much happier than the people who have to wait for them?
PREVIOUS ANSWER: Dentist. BEST WISHES TO EVERYONE FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON. May you have a happy and safe festive time with family and friends.
I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I? PREVIOUS ANSWER: He put holes in the barrel.
A man takes a barrel that weighs 8 kg, and then puts something in it. It now weighs less than 8 kg. What did he put in the barrel? PREVIOUS ANSWER: Fingernails.
I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or square. What am I? PREVIOUS ANSWER: An egg.
What is more useful when it is broken? PREVIOUS ANSWER: 4 ducks = =
There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks behind 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks. How many ducks are there? YESTERDAY'S ANSWER: Post Office!
What two words have the most letters in it? YESTERDAY'S ANSWER: Henry called her Mum!
Henry was out walking one day. He met his father-in-law's only daughter's mother-in-law. What did Henry call her? YESTERDAY'S ANSWER: fire
No legs have I to dance, No lungs have I to breathe, No life have I to live or die And yet I do all three. What am I? YESTERDAY'S ANSWER: knitter is the only anagram of trinket.
Granny looked up from her rocking chair and said, "As far as I can tell, there is only one anagram of the word TRINKET. What is it? YESTERDAY'S ANSWER: The Moon!
What regularly changes shape, yet remains a sphere, is always there, but often not seen? YESTERDAY'S ANSWER: A see-saw.
It goes up, but at the same time goes down. Up toward the sky, and down toward the ground. It's present tense and past tense too, come for a ride, just me and you. What is it? YESTERDAY'S ANSWER: A vaccuum cleaner (or washing machine).
I have a big mouth and I am also quite loud! I am NOT a gossip but I do get involved with everyone's dirty business. Can you name me? YESTERDAY'S ANSWER: He took 3 melons to town.
Farmer Brown came to town with some watermelons. He sold half of them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left. How many melons did he take to town? YESTERDAY'S ANSWER: A joke.
I can be cracked, I can be made. I can be told, I can be played. What am I? YESTERDAY'S ANSWER: Mt Rushmore
I am a rock group that has 4 members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assasinated. What am I? YESTERDAY'S ANSWER: An hourglass.
Two bodys have I, though both joined in one, the stiller I stand the faster I run. What am I? LAST WEEK'S ANSWER: A puzzle piece.
I come in different shapes and sizes. Parts of me are curved, others are straight. You can put me anywhere you like, but there is only one right place for me. What am I? YESTERDAY'S RIDDLE: A time when they are green, a time when they are brown, Both of these times, cause me to frown. But just in between, for a very short while, They are perfect and yellow, and cause me to smile! What are they? ANSWER: BANANAS !!!
A time when they are green, a time when they are brown, Both of these times, cause me to frown. But just in between, for a very short while, They are perfect and yellow, and cause me to smile! What are they?