Happy 4th of July

Today is July 4, 2013. Happy Birthday America!
The Fourth of July, or Independence Day, is a federal holiday that celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of the Independence on July 4th, 1776.

"The United States is the only country with a known birthday".  ~James G. Blaine

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness.  You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism."  ~Erma Bombeck

Enjoy your families, have a great day! 

 

Quote for July

As we all need to take time and enjoy our families. I thought this quote was fitting for this month.

"Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine."

William Feather

Quote for the Month of June

So we have kicked off June and now down to the fun tips for the month.

There are so many good quotes out there it is hard to choose a fitting quote for the month. But here it goes just the same.

"Preparation through education is less costly than learning through tragedy"  

Max Mayfield National director of National Hurricane Center 2000-2007

Quote of the Month

 

"There are no emergencies for those who are truly prepared."

James Talmage Stevens

This is so true! Prepare and you can handle anything! 

Quotes for Back to school

Here are a few Quotes for back to school, education and to never stop learning! 

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.  ~John Dewey


The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. ~Robert Maynard Hutchins

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.  ~Edward Everett

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.  ~William Haley

Spiritual Idea Oct Integrity

Spiritual idea: Now we all can be more Spiritual in our own ways. Everyone has the right to choose how they believe. I do not want to preach to anyone! So my Spiritual Ideas will be ways to be better people that can even fall in to the category of being a good human being and being a productive person in not only your own life, but the lives of other around you. I thought one way of becoming a better person I will touch on the topics of values. I will cover a new value for each month.

 We all know what values are, we all have grown up learning the difference between right and wrong. We get our values from our parents, school, friends, neighbors, church, media, books, and well in all reality we get our values from all over. What we each individually choose to embrace and add to our personal lives and what means to each of us, is what defines us as individuals, and the people we choose to become.

This month I will cove the value of INTEGRITY. So what is Integrity? Integrity implies honesty, fairness, ethics, and moral character. This also means that you maintain your good name and your character in everything that you do. This means you have basic values and that you are consistent in your values and the things you do. You are not wishy washy in things. If you have integrity you will not be pushed or talked in to doing something you know is wrong or something you would never do. You will not fall into peer pressure and go with all the rest when you know what you are doing is correct in your values and standards.

 

Integrity goes hand in hand with many other values. If you have integrity, you will do the right thing no matter if people are watching you or not. You will be constant in all things that you do.

 Here are a few Quotes on INTEGRITY

"If you have integrity, nothing else matters.  If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters."  Alan Simpson

“Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do” Don Galer

“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.” W. Clement Stone

Quote of theMonth Oct

"Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today." —Benjamin Franklin

Quote of the Month September

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Theodore Roosevelt