Folwell Elementary Quotes & Sayings

Coaching takes patience. — Kevin Garnett

I decided that for me, Akosua, I will be my own nation."
As James listened to her speak, he felt something well up inside him as it had never done before. If he could, he would listen to her speak forever. If he could, he would join that nation she spoke of. — Yaa Gyasi

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential. — Jessamyn West

You can find inspiration when you're not even looking for it. — Judy Woodruff

I learned so much from Tony Danza I learned so much about myself. — Judith Light

Wherever a pain is, that's where the cure goes; wherever poverty is, that's where provision goes. Wherever a difficult question is, that's where the answer goes; wherever a ship is, water goes to it. Don't seek the water; increase your thirst, so water may gush forth from above and below. — Jalaluddin Rumi

Most families rely on two incomes to make ends meet, and when a woman earns less, we put working families at a huge disadvantage. — Ann McLane Kuster

The clock changed to 4:47. Passages in time. He had always wondered if it was possible to measure an interval, and here it was, two minutes had elapsed before his very eyes. One hundred and twenty seconds during which nothing had happened. — Ken Puddicombe

The main efforts of investigators have been in papering over contradictions in the big bang theory, to build up an idea which has become ever more complex and cumbersome. — Fred Hoyle

Believing is seeing and seeing is believing. — Tom Hanks

The Church and the world have a great need of eucharistic worship. Jesus waits for us in this sacrament of love. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration and in contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world. May our adoration never cease — Pope John Paul II

There was a devotion to detail here that could only come with genuine affection, perhaps even with love. — Jonathan Stroud

Our worst memories are precious, things we can't or won't forget, and sometimes they're what we guard the most. — Joe Hart

Self-respect is the very cement of character, without which character will not form nor stand; a personal ideal is the only possible foundation for self-respect, without which self-respect degenerates into vanity or conceit, or is lost entirely, its place being taken by worthlessness and the consciousness of worthlessness; and that is the end of all character. It is often said that if we do not respect ourselves no one else will respect us; this is rather a dangerous way to put it; let us rather say that if we are not worthy of our own respect we cannot claim the respect of others. True self-respect is a matter of being and never of mere seeming. As Paulsen says, "It is vanity that desires first of all to be seen and admired, and then, if possible, really to be something; whereas proper self esteem desires first of all to be something, and' then, if possible, to have its worth recognized. — Edward O. Sisson

That when given the opportunity, many honest people will cheat. — Dan Ariely