Reflection, Inspiration, Soccer

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
~ Peter Drucker

It's not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it's who you are.
~ Elvis Presley

If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms.
~ Mike Ditka

Wisdom, Practice, Deeds

Patience is the companion of wisdom.
~ Anonymous

Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning .... They have to play with what they know to be true in order to find out more, and then they can use what they learn in new forms of play.
~ Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

For Sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
~ William Shakespeare

Enthusiasm, Compassion, Truth

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
~ Charles Kingsley (British Anglican Clergyman, Teacher and Writer whose novels influenced social developments in Britain. 1819-1875)

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.
~ Dalai Lama

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
~ Oscar Wilde

Work, Drills, Excuses

Work keeps us from three great evils, boredom, vice and need.
~ François Marie Arouet Voltaire

School is a drill for the battle of life. If you fail in the drill you will fail in the battle.
~ Karl G. Maeser

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
~ Dr. George Washington Carver

Success, Exploration, Choice

The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.
~ Thomas Edison

Close observation of children at play suggests that they find out about the world in the same way as scientists find out about new phenomena and test new ideas. Young children may not be able to verbalize new ideas forming in their heads, but they may still apply similar processes to scientists.  During this exploration, all the senses are used to observe and draw conclusions about objects and events through simple, if crude, scientific investigations.
~ Judith Roden, Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University College

You have freedom of choice, but not freedom from choice.
~ Wendell Jones