"What kind person are you? Isn't that the most important thing of all? Isn't that the question we should be asking ourselves all the time? That kind of person am I?" "Know thyself." Mr. Browne, the fifth grade English teacher at Beecher Prep Middle School, wrote a precept on the board each month. At the end of the month, the students were to write an essay applying the precept to their life. August decides that he is going to like this new school, despite his birth defects and the avoidance of his fellow classmates.
This is absolutely one of the best books I have ever read - a must-have for all JF collections!!
"Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary." " Someone may recognize in you the face of God." Sir James Barrie
"Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us on occasion to greatness."
"When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind."
"The greatest measure of success is what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, whom you've touched this year."
"Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength. He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts.
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