“Patience is the ability to count down before you blast off.” – Anonymous

5 November

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

Be patient. Life comes at you at its own pace, and doesn’t take kindly to your pushing the water uphill any more than it does to your pushing it downhill.

“The closed mouth gathers no feet.” – Anonymous

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst:

November 5

'The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.'

- Abraham Lincoln

‘Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.’

- Mark Twain

“The price of greatness is responsibility.” – Winston Churchill

4 November

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

Attitude is a decision of the will. Nobody is a "victim of circumstances" until he gives his consent by abdicating.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” - Aristotle

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst:

November 4

 ‘I shall go just as fast and only as fast as I think I’m right and the people are ready for the step.’

- Abraham Lincoln

‘I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all the time, somehow things will work out in the end.’

- Lady Bird Johnson

“… The teacher also encourages children’s play by providing props that extend the play but do not change the theme.” - Anonymous

3 November

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

 “Don’t ever underestimate the profound impact you have on the little kids around you.”