“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” -Samuel Beckett Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” -Elbert Hubbard Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” E. E. Cummings Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.” -Alan Alda Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

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“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself — the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us — that’s where it’s at." –Jesse Owens Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.” -Cicely Tyson Make it a great day...or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“Walls turned sideways are bridges.” -Angela Davis Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.” -St. Jerome Make it a great day…or not. The choice yours. #BeGREAT

“The antidote to anxiety is not calmness, it’s curiosity.” -Laura Gilbert Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“If you are a creative person, you try to create things that are an extension of yourself.” -Rob Reiner Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“No man was ever wise by chance.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“Racism is not rooted in strength, it’s rooted in fear.” -W.E.B. Du Bois Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

"Don't think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm.” -Malawian Proverb Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” -Marie Curie Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.” -William James Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them." -Khalil Gibran Make it a great day...or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.” -Arthur Helps Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.” -Richard L. Evans Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.” -Benjamin Jowett Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.” -Helen Hayes Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” -Mignon McLaughlin Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” -George Bernard Shaw Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.” -Anais Nin Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“When you can’t lead, you distract.” -Sully Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“Research is creating new knowledge.” -Neil Armstrong Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” -Desmond Tutu Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

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“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.” – Pablo Neruda Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

The measure of leadership isn’t avoiding uncertainty, it’s choosing how to respond in the midst of it. New post: Leading Through Loss and Uncertainty dwightcarter.edublogs.org/2025/10/13/lea…#Leadershipi#BeGREATA#ResilientSchoolsl#EduLeadersr#MindfulLeadershipip

“The hardest battle is between your old habits and your new standards.” -Unknown Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.” -Josh Billings Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

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“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” -Thomas A. Edison Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” -Eric Hoffer Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” -Arnold H. Glasow Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“Life is a long lesson in humility.” -James M. Barri Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.” -John F. Kennedy Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.” -Elbert Hubbard Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.” -Khalil Gibran Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.” -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.” -Pope Paul VI Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“All great achievements require time.” -Maya Angelou Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“We do not remember days, we remember moments.” -Cesare Pavese Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.” -Virginia Satir Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

“People change and forget to tell each other.” -Lillian Hellman Make it a great day…or not. The choice is yours. #BeGREAT

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