11/13:
We began work on an Internet activity about globalization. Students had a
choice of two projects they could complete.
“First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a
Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was
not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak
out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and there was
no one left to speak out for me”
-Martin Niemoller
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important
than any one thing”.
-Abraham Lincoln
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable
will".
-Gandhi
“I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and
endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles”.
-Christopher Reeve
“The only place SUCCESS comes before WORK is in the dictionary”.
-Vince Lombardi
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort
and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy”.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were
to success when they gave up”.
-Thomas Edison
“Success isn’t permanent, and failure isn’t fatal”.
-Mike Ditka
"We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to
conquer and goals to achieve".
-Maxwell Maltz
“When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a
thing, to allow that you do not know it-this is
knowledge”.
-Confucius
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever
wasted”
-Aesop
“The greatest discovery is that human beings can alter their lives by
altering their attitudes”
-William James