The Human Side of Relationship Building

1. The Human Side of Relationship Building April 28, 2010 gsharratt@wsu.edu

3. A lot of people have gone farther than they thought they would . . . because someone else thought they could.

4. Which will it be . . . a stumbling block or a steppingstone Yes, isn’t it strange that princes and kings, and clowns that caper in sawdust rings, and common people like you and me are builders for eternity?

5. Each of us given a bag of tools, a shapeless mass, and a book of rules; and each must make, ere life is flown, a stumbling-block or a steppingstone.

6. Mr. Johnson “I wish I could be a brother like that.”

8. COLLABORATION IS KEY!

9. “Your bottom line is your front line. It all comes from people”

10. Casey Stengel, manager of the New York Yankees, commented after winning the 1958 World Series, “I couldn’t have done it without my players.”

11. It takes each of us to make a difference for all of us

12. Each night we go to sleep in the present, We wake up in the future.

13. OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE

14. We must adjust to changing times, but cling to unchanging principles Miss Julia Coleman Plains High School, Georgia

15. There is no place like hope

16. “Hope is not merely helpful; it is indispensable.” Daniel Coyle “Lance Armstrong’s War 2005

17. Hope is the thing with feathers. Emily Dickinson

18. “Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” Helen Keller

19. “Hope is a walking dream” Aristotle

20. “Never talk about defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith and victory.” Norman Vincent Peale “Positive Thinking Everyday”

21. “The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.” Joseph Addison “Light From Many Lamps”

22. Wahluke “A long walk, slowly, uphill” Mattawa “Where is it?”

25. Everyone is someone!

26. We could learn a lot from crayons: Some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are differentcolors, But they all have to learn to live in the same box.

27. I believe in things unseen . . . I believe in the message of a dream.

28. Your Legacy – What Will It Be? “All my life.” Lincoln was once asked how long it took him to write The Gettysburg Address. He replied:

29. Which will it be . . . a stumbling block or a steppingstone Yes, isn’t it strange that princes and kings, and clowns that caper in sawdust rings, and common people like you and me are builders for eternity?

30. Each of us given a bag of tools, a shapeless mass, and a book of rules; and each must make, ere life is flown, a stumbling-block or a steppingstone.

31. “Higher”

32. Gradually, ESD #113 staff began to abuse the Wednesday morning casual-dress policy.

33. “Ha ha ha, Biff. Guess what? After we go to the drugstore and the post office, I’m going to the vet’s to get tutored.”

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35. RESPONSIBILITY ? THE COLLEGE PROFESSOR SAID, “SUCH RAWNESS IN A STUDENT IS A SHAME. LACK OF PREPARATION IN THE HIGH SCHOOL IS TO BLAME, SAID THE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, “GOOD HEAVENS, THAT BOY’S A FOOL. THE FAULT, OF COURSE, IS WITH THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.” THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL TEACHER SAID, “FROM SUCH STUPIDITY MAY I BE SPARED. THEY SENT HIM UP TO ME SO UNPREPARED.”

36. THE PRIMARY TEACHER HUFFED, “KINDERGARTEN BLOCKHEADS ALL. THEY CALL THAT PREPARATION – WHY, IT’S WORSE THAN NONE AT ALL!!” THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER SAID, “SUCH LACK OF TRAINING NEVER DID I SEE. WHAT KIND OF A WOMAN MUST THAT MOTHER BE?” THE MOTHER SAID, “POOR HELPLESS CHILD; HE’S NOT TO BLAME. HIS FATHER’S PEOPLE WERE ALL THE SAME. SAID THE FATHER AT THE END OF THE LINE, “I DOUBT THE RASCAL’S EVEN MINE.”