Quotations that Connect
This is a very different post. I’m out of town without access to my computer. So I’m writing it out on my iPhone. The content will be brief, and I hope useful. I love quotations.
To me there’s something special in coming across a quote that captures the essence of a particular topic. So listed below are some quotes that are meaningful to me.
I apologize in advance for any misquotes as I’m writing them from memory. There’s no significance to the order of the quotes as I’m writing them down as I think of them.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” [Cicero]
“Always do right. This will gratify some – and astonish the rest.” [Mark Twain]
“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” [Unknown]
“Everything I am, I owe to my mother.” [Abraham Lincoln]
“Leadership is getting other people to do what you want them to do – and like it.” [Harry S Truman]
“If not now, when? If not you, who?” [Unknown]
“Some men see things as they are and ask ‘Why?’ I dream of things that never were and as, ‘Why not'” [George Bernard Shaw]
“What do you love to do so much that you’d do it without pay?” [Bob Buford]
“You can never wash the dust of Africa from your feet.” [African proverb]
“Your ‘walk’ talks, and your ‘talk’ talks; but your ‘walk’ talks more than your ‘talk’ talks.” [Unknown]
“Only those who have known great sorrow can know great love.” [Unknown]
“You often know what you don’t want to know.” [Unknown]
I hope one or more of these quotes caught your attention. If so, memorize it and use in your conversations as appropriate.
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Dr. Steve Lake is a retired educator with over 30 years experience in the American public schools. He has served in a variety of position, including teacher, elementary school principal, junior high principal, Associate Superintendent, retired from public education as Superintendent of Schools in Lincolnwood, IL. He has his Bachelors, Masters and Doctor of Education degrees from Northern Illinois University. For the past 25 years Steve has attended and been a member of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington and Northfield, IL. At Willow Creek Steve has taught adult classes on spiritual gifts, life purpose, and spiritual disciplines. He has ministered overseas in Angola, Zambia, Honduras, Germany, and Russia. Steve is co-founder of Designed to Serve, a ministry that equips Christians to live out their unique God-given calling. Steve is married and has two adult children who are married.
