“The first and last day of school are the hardest for a teacher. The first day you are starting all over again. The last day you are letting go of the progress that was made. What comes in the middle is the building of a classroom community. Create your classroom community first, and the learning will follow naturally into place.

- Kathy Griffin

“The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.”

--Enid Blyton

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

--Dr. Seuss

“Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.”

--Bernice Johnson Reagon

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

--Thomas Edison

“The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called the truth”

--Dan Rather