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Special Occasions
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world. Tom Brokaw
A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success. Robert Orben
Crazy men see ghosts--sane men ignore them. Anonymous
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. Henry Ford
Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them. Henry Steele Commager
What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace. Agnes M. Pharo
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. St. Ambrose
Santa Claus has the right idea: Visit people once a year. Victor Borge
Two weeks before Christmas, I always think of a good present someone but it has to be ordered three weeks in advance. Andy Rooney
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. Paul Sweeney
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life. Brigham Young
The best Christmas gift of all is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up with one another. Author Unknown
Our favorite attitude should be gratitude. Author Unknown
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. Author Unknown
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education, Samuel Clemens
Neither piety, virtue, nor liberty can long flourish in a community where the education of youth is neglected. Peter Cooper
A child miseducated is a child lost. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The human mind is our fundamental resource. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Education is a debt due from the present to future generations. George Peabody
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the oldman the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fireside and his quiet home! Charles Dickens
Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. Laura Ingalls Wilder
Christmas - that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance - a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved. Augusta E. Rundel
Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. Author Unknown
May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through! Author Unknown
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. Larry Wilde
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. Norman Vincent Peale
Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart. Washington Irving
On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer. Douglas Horton
Easter says you can put truth in a grave,but it won't stay there. Clarence W. Hall
He who thanks but with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving
Comes from the heart.
-J.A. Shedd-
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson-
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. Thornton Wilder
In the eyes of children we find the joy of Christmas. In their hearts we find its meaning. Leland Thomas
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