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Letter "S" » situations
«If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.»
Author: Bishop Desmond Tutu
(Novelist, Spiritual leader)
| About:
Injustice
| Keywords:
appreciate, chosen, Chosen The, elephant, foot, injustice, mouse, neutral, neutrals, not neutral, oppressor, situations, tail
«I've come to the frightening conclusioin that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or de-humanized.»
Author: Dr. Haim Ginott
| About:
Children,
Education,
Teachers and teaching
| Keywords:
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«Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.»
Author: J. Donald Walters
| About:
Happiness
| Keywords:
mere, merest, precious, principles, situations, stake, staked, understanding
«Every decision you make?every decision?is not a decision about what to do. It?s a decision about Who You Are. When you see this, when you understand it, everything changes. You begin to see life in a new way. All events, occurrences, and situations turn into opportunities to do what you came here to do.»
Author: Neale Donald Walsch
| Keywords:
changes, decision, events, occurrences, situations, turn of events
«Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.»
«Close scrutiny will show that most ''crisis situations'' are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.»
«Impossible situations can become possible miracles.»
Author: Robert H. Schuller
(Author, Entrepreneur, Reformed Church Minister)
| About:
Miracles
| Keywords:
Miracles, situations
«I've only felt content a few times in my life, and it never lasted. I'm very discontented right now. There are situations in my life that didn't pan out. I'm like most other human beings. I try and I fail.»
Author: Billy Joel
(Pianist, Singer, Song Writer)
| Keywords:
discontented, lasted, Pan, panning, pan out, situations
«Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.»
Author: Jane Austen
(Novelist, Writer)
| About:
Death and dying,
Mankind
| Keywords:
disposed, disposes, dispose of, disposing, kindly, married person, marries, situations, well-disposed, young person
«Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.»
Author: Maya Angelou
(Poet)
| Keywords:
case, cease, helps, intimidated, intimidates, intimidating, in one case, situations
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