Thursday, May 28, 2009

Journal about Work

Hello everyone! Please read the following quotes about work. Choose one that you like and write a response in your blog. If you don't find an interesting quote, you can write about something else related to WORK. Good luck!


"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." -Aristotle

"When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all." -Theodore Roosevelt

"Hard work spotlights the character of people; some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all." -Sam Ewing

"Genius is one percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration." -Albert Einstein

"Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice, and need." -Voltaire

"Work is a necessary evil to be avoided." -Mark Twain

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." -English proverb

Thursday, May 14, 2009

well done on your first blog

I enjoyed reading your first blog entries.

Well done and keep up the good work.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Journal Assignment #1

Think about some past experiences in your life.
Write a response to one of the following quotations:

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
--Abraham Lincoln

"There is only one happiness in life--to love and be loved." --George Sand

"Life must be lived as play." --Plato

"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot." --Charlie Chaplin

"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." --Thomas Carlyle

"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."--Winston Churchill

The first time

This is the first time I'm using this blog. Trying it out and getting a feel for it.