W. H. Shaw High School
7579 Raider Way
Columbus, GA  31909
706-569-3638

Dr. Jim Arnold, Principal        jarnold@mcsdga.net

                                          

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Thought for the Week

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2007 -- 2008 THOUGHTS

MAY 4 - MAY 10
Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
John Wooden

PAST QUOTES FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR
If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed.
Kate Halverson

Following the path of least resistance is what makes rivers and men crooked.
Unknown

At the end of the day...ask this simple question...Are you proud of what you did today?
Paul Cummings

You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.
Bonnie Prudden

Being ignorant is not so shameful as being unwilling to learn.
Unknown

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
J.K. Rowling

Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.
Mason Cooley

Some people are so open-minded their brains fall out.
Rick Warren

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
James Bryant Conant

If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
African proverb.

Always do right; this will gratify some and astonish the rest. Mark Twain

You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.
Yogi Berra

It isn't the load that weighs us down--it's the way we carry it.
Anonymous

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
Oprah Winfrey

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.
Unknown

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.
Cicero

True heroes aren't defined by what they do right but by how they respond to what they do wrong.
Chris Crutcher

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
Will Rogers

School teachers are not fully appreciated by parents until it rains all day Saturday.
Unknown

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.
Arthur Ashe

Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.
Karl Wallenda

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Every day is another chance to get things right.
Lauryn Hill

Do not be content with being average. Average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top.
Unknown

One Day at a Time

The most difficult lesson to learn is which bridge in life to use or which one to break off.
Unknown

The price of greatness is responsibility.
Sir Winston Churchill

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
Thomas Jefferson

Patting a fellow on his back is the best way to get a chip off his shoulder.
Unknown

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