Feeling useful and capable of production

"Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul." 

- Maria Montessori
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Education is a work of self-organization

"Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life." 

 - Maria Montessori

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Sunshine for flowers - smiles for humanity

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable." 

- Joseph Addison
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Schwer erziehbar

"Viele Kinder haben schwer erziehbare Eltern."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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A choice everyday

"The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day." 

- Charles R. Swindoll

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The greatest sign of success for a teacher

"The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'  " 

- Maria Montessori

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Tell them what to do

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." 

 - George S. Patton
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Time enough

"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough." 

- Rabindranath Tagore

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The last of human freedoms

"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." 


- Viktor Frankl
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But obstacles don't have to stop you

"If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." 

- Michael Jordan

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Smile

"Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life." 

- Yoko Ono

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Adjust the action steps

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps." 

- Confucius

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Peaks and valleys

"All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low." 

 - John Wooden

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Let things flow

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like." 

- Lao Tse
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The second wind

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second." 

- William James
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Gutes tun

"Anstatt immer nur das Beste geben zu wollen, sollten wir lieber einmal etwas Gutes tun."   Thorton Niven Wilder

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Don’t worry, be happy

„In every life we have some trouble //  But when you worry you make it double //  Don’t worry, be happy.“ 

 (Bobby McFerrin)
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Do not dwell in the past

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." -

Buddha
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