I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. – Gilbert Keith Chesterton

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart.” – H.W. Dodds

Objective: To help children discover ways to respect others Focus: Target positive ways to show respect Activity: Play a game of “Most Respect”. Divide the class into two teams. Flip a coin to see which team goes first. The first person must tell a way to show respect for others, such as saying thank you,… Read more »

Customer Service Rep (CS Rep): Yes, Ma’am, how can I help you today? Customer: Well, after much consideration, I’ve decided to install love. Can you guide me through the process? CS Rep: Yes, I can help you. Are you ready to proceed? Customer: Well, I’m not very technical, but I think I’m ready to install… Read more »

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. – Joshua L. Liebman

Integrity is one of the most important and oft-cited of virtue terms. It is also perhaps the most puzzling. For example, while it is sometimes used virtually synonymously with

“In education, as in life, we are formed by our atmosphere without knowing it. We store up unconsciously spiritual tissue of whose nature and importance we are unaware. Later we come to know and appreciate the influences that have formed us. For the mind is like a garden. Seeds are scattered on the soil and… Read more »

There is great power in a resolution that has no reservations in it– a strong, persistent, tenacious purpose — which burns all bridges behind it and which clears all obstacles from its path and arrives at its goal, no matter how long it may take, no matter what the sacrifice or the cost. – Orison… Read more »

Knowledge is the Mother of all Virtues; All Vice Proceeds from Ignorance. – Author Unknown