
Be confused, it’s where you begin to learn new things.
Be broken, it’s where you begin to heal.
S. C. Lourie is a British writer, poet, and artist.

Be confused, it’s where you begin to learn new things.
Be broken, it’s where you begin to heal.
S. C. Lourie is a British writer, poet, and artist.

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.
It’s good to do uncomfortable things. It’s weight training for life.
Anne Lamott (born 1954) is a American novelist and non-fiction writer.

Every locked door has a key. Every problem has a solution.
Embellish your flaws. They will turn into your assets.
Marie Lu (born 1984) is a Chinese-born author. Many of her novels appeal to young adult readers. She has lived in the United States since 1989 when her family left China during the Tiananmen Square Protest.
You are never too old to reinvent yourself.
Growth is in a series of mistakes. That’s the only way you learn.

Every school year brings challenges to our youngest learners in the classroom. These struggling children find hope in a teacher, administrator, custodian, instructional assistant, or any other type of mentor. This is the hope of this poem.

Fearing tomorrow’s tasks
Dreaming of something more
Probing life’s gloomy path
Failing again to score
Meeting darkness once more
Ignoring teacher’s clues
Bearing sounds of silence
Surrounding failure’s blues
Learning nothing today
Parking in empty space
Sharing with hidden friend
Reaching familiar place
Retreating to safe zone
Boarding life’s empty plane
Watching goals crushed again
Seeing more fire than rain
Entering new classroom
Looking into hope’s eyes
Hearing assuring voice
Launching learning’s sunrise


It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.
I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an acclaimed English novelist. Much of her writings dealt with women’s pursuit of a more favorable social standing as well as economic security.

We cross paths, sometimes even travel together for a bit–to learn from each other.
Drama doesn’t just walk into your life. Either you create it, invite it, or associate with it.

A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.
He who laughs most, learns most.

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.
A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.
Englishman John Lubbock (1834-1913) spent much of his life in the family banking enterprises. However, he is well-known for his contributions to politics, science and philanthropic efforts.

My father once told me that anyone who worked for three dollars an hour owed it to himself to put in four dollars’ worth of work.
Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying, “We work to become, not to acquire.”
Bill Russell (born 1934) is a former professional basketball player in the United States. Before he embarked on a highly successful career in the NBA, he played on teams which won two national collegiate championships as well as an Olympic gold medal. As a professional player, he played on 11 championship teams with the Boston Celtics.