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Education Is…

“…to be at home in all lands and all ages; to count Nature as a familiar acquaintance and Art an intimate friend; to gain a standard for the appreciation of other men’s work and the criticism of one’s own; to carry the keys of the world’s library in one’s pocket, and feel its resources behind […]

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Ten Pointers

Be yourself: cultivate desirable qualities.
Be alert: look for opportunities to express yourself.
Be positive: determine your goal and the route to it.
Be systematic: take one step at a time.
Be persistent: hold to your course.
Be a worker: work your brain more than your body.
Be a student: know your job.
Be fair: treat the other man as you would […]

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The Most Beautiful Thing

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.”
-Albert Einstein
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Celebrate the Solid Satisfactions of Such a Life

To find one’s work in the world and do it honorably, to keep one’s record clean so that nothing clandestine, furtive, surreptitious can ever leap out upon one from ambush and spoil one’s life, to be able, therefore, unafraid to look the world in the face, to live honorably also with one’s own soul because […]

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Two Hope Quotes to Think About

“To help the young soul, to add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame; to redeem defeat by new thought and firm action, this, though not easy, is the work of divine men [and women].” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“As a general rule, Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that […]

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Inspiring Walk in the Park

I often like getting out of the house in order to make a memory.
Much of the time, we go for walks by lakes, in small towns, through parks, or in conservation areas.
Here’s some pictures of a park we found in a small town we love to visit near our house; the town is Port Perry, […]

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Tomorrow Is A New Day

“Finish each day and be done with it…You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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