WHAT'S UP TODAY?: November 2011

Choose your favourite quote and discuss it either orally in class or as a composition. Also, look into the author.

You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind. Unknown Author
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. William B. Sprague
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Theodore Roosevelt
Fortune favors the brave. Publius Terence
He who hesitates is lost. Proverb
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Albert Einstein
Constant dripping hollows out a stone. Lucretius
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal;nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. W.W. Ziege
There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way. Christopher Morley
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first. Shakespeare
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well. Abraham Lincoln
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved. Anne Sullivan
Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments. Henry Ward Beecher
What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail? Robert Schuller
Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. Theodore N. Vail
Our greatest battles are that with our own minds. Jameson Frank
Triumphs without difficulties are empty. Indeed, it is difficulties that make the triumph.Unknown Source
For every mountain there is a miracle. Robert H. Schuller
The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges. Martin Luther King Jr.
Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors. African Proverb
We will either find a way, or make one! Hannibal
In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.Anonymous
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. Muhammad Ali
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. African Proverb
If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything. Marva Collins
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success; we often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never make a mistake never made a discovery. Samuel Smiles
A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw
There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth - not going all the way, and not starting. Buddha
If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate. Thomas Watson, Sr
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. Winston Churchill
I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. George Burns
Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet. German Proverb
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength, but through persistence. Buddha
Who dares wins. Winston Churchill
Leap and the net will appear. Julia Cameron
If you learn only methods, you'll be tied to your methods, but if you learn principles you can devise your own methods. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
You see things and say, 'Why?", but I dream things and say, 'Why not? George Bernard Shaw
The smoothest way is full of stones. Yiddish Proverb
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one. Chinese Proverb
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. Les Brown
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. Moliere
May you live all the days of your life.Jonathan Swift
There are no short cuts to any place worth going. Unknown author.
Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together. Vista M. Kelly
Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin. Grace Hansen
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. Mark Twain
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. Seneca
Pay no attention to what critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic. Jean Sibelius