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Give us, O give us, the man who is cheerful in his work! Be his occupation what it may, he is equal to any of those who follow the same pursuit in silent sullenness. He will do more in the same time, he will do it better, he will persevere longer - Carlyle

If at first you don't succeed, blame it on the teacher. - Stacey Bass

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. - Thomas Jefferson

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. - Albert Einstein

When I was in school, I cheated on my metaphysics exam: I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me. - Woody Allen

An educational system isn't worth a great deal if it teaches young people how to make a living but doesn't teach them how to make a life. - Source Unknown

It needs courage to let our children go, but we are trustees and stewards and have to hand them back to life - to God. As the old saying puts it: What I gave I have. We have to love them and lose them. - Alfred Torrie

The book is closed, the year is done, The pages full of tasks begun. A little joy, a little care, Along with dreams, are written there. This new day brings another year, Renewing hope, dispelling fear. And we may find before the end, A deep content, another friend. - Unknown

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation. - Pearl S. Buck