Previous Quotes of the Week

Mike has started adding a quote of the week to our family meetings. He shares the quote and we discuss it; then it hangs on our bulletin board until the next meeting. Here are a few:

"A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve."

Oliver Wendell Holmes
American author, one of the "Fireside Poets"
(1809-1894)

"Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never- in nothing, great or small, large or petty- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."

Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister during WWII
(1874-1965)

"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."

Mary Tyler Moore
American actress
(1936-?)

"Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

Margaret Mead
American Anthropologist
(1901-1978)

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."

Teddy Roosevelt
26th President of the United States of America
(1858-1919)