Need some help with quotations......

I quickly tried to google up a quotations list that would help, but it's an exhausting task to wade through it all and that way of compiling quotes won't go quickly, as you probably already discovered.

I think this is an excellent idea--I would have loved to have you as a teacher! A history teacher that wants to make history more than just dates and numbers is what every child needs!

Okay, so here's one:
"That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind". Neil Armstrong at moon walk.

I love all things astronomy, so this has always been a fave quote. The historical context is obvious. The religious angle is as well, to me at least--how magnificent to see God's creation from that vantage point! The "challenge to be a better American" angle--hmmm, maybe along the lines of discussing what great goal each kid might have to be "the first at" and how it can impact the country?

And, as an aside, you could even include the fact that Armstrong left out "a" before "man" from the originally scripted statement! Oops, but that would put you into the realm of the grammar teacher, wouldn't it??

 

http://www.quotationspage.com/

 

I am not sure this can be a little help for Christian side;

http://www.wallbuilders.com/LIBissuesArticles.asp?id=63

 

Hey Scarlett,

I'd say many of Mark Twain's quotes would meet your criteria. Here's some samples and a pretty good resource at the bottom.

We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty. - Foreign Critics speech, 1890

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
- Notebook, 1904

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.
- Mark Twain in Eruption

(Source: http://www.twainquotes.com/index.html)​

 

Love your new signature Scarlett! Wherever did you get it?

 

I used to "assist" with Dale Carnegie courses. Through them I got a book called Dale Carnegie's Scrapbook. You used to only be able to get them through Dale Carnegie courses, but I bet you could find one around through EBay or such. It is the finest book of quotes I've ever seen.

 

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