"The heart that gives, gathers."  Unknown Teacher
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."  George Bernard Shaw

Share your favorite quotes and see them updated on our Read page in the quote of the week!

Imagination is more important that knowledge - Albert Einstein

"If we knew what we were doing it would not be called research." Albert Einstein

That Albert Einstein guy knew a thing or two......

"Learning is experience. Everything else is information."

Some of my favorites:

~Mediocrity always attacks Excellence!  Unknown  
~Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. Author Joshua J. Marine
~The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. Author James Oppenheim
~There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.   Author Michael de Montaigne

Here are a couple of my favorites:

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. ~

To whom much is given-much is expected

If you don't have a dream...how can you have a dream come true

Margaret Mead "A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision. -Hellen Keller

Calvin Coolidge

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more commonthan unsuccessful people with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

Harvey, I love that quote also!  My dad used to have this framed in his office.

Leah Curtin had several quotes that inspired me when she presented Leadership of the Spirit during IdeaConnect in June.  Some of the quotes Leah used that I love are:

"... The Soul of a profession is found in the character of the men and women who work within it... " Karl Meninger

" Never doubt the capacity of the people you lead to accomplish whatever you dream for them." Benjamin Zander, Conductor, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra