Quarter Two: Quote #9

"Id rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not"
-Anonymous

Quarter Two: Quote #8

Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.
*John D. Rockefeller

Quarter Two: Quote #7

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up. ~Jesse Jackson

Quarter Two: Quote #6

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
~Eric Hoffer

Quarter Two: Quote #5

I have learned two lessons in my life: first, there are no sufficient literary, psychological, or historical answers to human tragedy, only moral ones. Second, just as despair can come to one another only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.
*Elie Wiesel

Quarter Two: Quote #4

The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.
~H.U. Westermayer

Quarter Two: Quote #3

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."

Buddha

Quarter Two: Quote #2

"Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something."

- Anonymous

Quarter Two: Quote #1

"The only thing worse than being talked about it is not being talked about"

-Oscar Wilde

Quarter One Over!

I am no longer accepting extra credit responses for Quarter One quotes. If you respond - that is okay - but note that you will not receive any extra credit. It is 11:50 on November 1, 2009. Quarter two extra credit quotes will begin tomorrow. Thanks!

Quarter One: 9

“A critic is someone who never actually goes to the battle, yet who afterwards comes out shooting the wounded”

Tyne Daly

Quarter One: 8

“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh -- at yourself.”

Ethel Barrymore

Quarter One: 7

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

Robert McCloskey

Quarter One: 6

“If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.”

Mark Twain

Quarter One: 5

“If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.”

John Maxwell

Quarter One: 4

“In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.”

Anonymous

Quarter One: 3

“Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.”

Mark Overby

Quarter One: 2

"A true friend stabs you in the front."



-Oscar Wilde

Quarter One: 1

"If you only have one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers."



-Maya Angelou