I think I'm going to start a "Quotes Corner" in my classroom with a
bunch of famous quotes that are inspirational and stuff. Things
like:
"Be the change you want to see in the world." -Mahatma Ghandi.
"Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words. Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions. Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits. Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character. And be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny." -Unknown
I'll have other quotes, too. I have a whole book, and TFA is
rich with quotes. But in the middle of all the quotes, I want to
post this poem that I saw at my doctor's office:
Anyway by Kent Keith
The verses below reportedly were engraved on
the wall of Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta, and are widely attributed to her. However, according
to The New York Times, the verses actually were written by 19-year-old Kent Keith in a motivation booklet for high school counselors
published while he was a student at Harvard in 1968.
People
are often unreasonable, illogical,
and
self-centered;
FORGIVE
THEM ANYWAY.
If
you are kind, people may accuse you
of
selfish, ulterior motives;
BE
KIND ANYWAY.
If
you are successful, you will win some
false
friends and some true enemies;
SUCCEED
ANYWAY.
If
you are honest and frank,
people
may cheat you;
BE
HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY.
What
you spend years building,
someone
could destroy overnight;
BUILD
ANYWAY.
If
you find serenity and happiness,
they
may be jealous;
BE
HAPPY ANYWAY.
The
good you do today,
people
will often forget tomorrow;
DO
GOOD ANYWAY.
Give
the world the best you have,
and
it may never be enough;
GIVE
THE WORLD YOUR BEST ANYWAY.
You
see, in the final analysis,
it
is between you and God;
It
was never between you and them anyway.
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