This poster contains the inspirational quote:

my symphony

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden, and unconscious grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony."

(Known as My Symphony, these uplifting words were written by William Henry Channing, 1810-84, an American Christian-socialist clergyman, writer, philosopher, and Chaplain of the US House of Representatives.)

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This poster contains the inspirational quote:

(John Abbott, educationalist and writer. The quote, during Abbot's presidency of the 21st Century Learning Initiative, was aimed at children's education, but the principle applies equally to adult learning and development.)

This poster contains the inspirational quote:

(Norman Vincent Peale, 1898-1993, author and protestant minister, from his 1953 book, The Power of Positive Thinking.)

This poster contains the inspirational quote:

"No man is an island, entirely of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of your own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

(John Donne, 1572-1631, English poet, from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII, written in 1624, adapted above into more modern language from the original prose: "No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.")

This poster contains the inspirational quote:

"This is about helping children become themselves. What is a school if it isn't helping people find what they want to do? I don't just mean careers. I mean teaching how to sing, dance, paint, act, write poetry, play tennis, play the guitar. We'd be a better, more harmonious society if people had these interests developed when they were young. But they don't. That's a cause of depression. And the things I'm talking about: children need them here (in school), but the more deprived the background, the less the infrastructure at home, the greater the need. If schools aren't going to do these things, who is?"

(Anthony Seldon, writer, educationist, school head, and advocate of developing young people's personal potential. From an interview published in the Guardian newspaper, 27 May 2007. Just as schools must improve the way they develop young people, so business and employers must align better with the needs of adults. See Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence theory and Erik Erikson's life-stages theory - both featured on the Businessballs website - as they relate to developing personal value, belief and purpose.)

This poster includes, among others, the following quotes:

is the glass half full or half empty.. (1)

"The optimist says the glass is half full."

"The pessimist says the glass is half empty."

"The project manager says the glass is twice as big as it needs to be."

"The school teacher says it's not about whether the glass is half empty or half full, it's whether there is something in the glass at all."

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This poster includes, among others, the following quotes:

is the glass half full or half empty.. (2)

"The fanatic thinks the glass is completely full, even though it isn't."

"The entrepreneur sees the glass as undervalued by half its potential."

"The grammarian says that while the terms half-full and half-empty are colloquially acceptable the glass can technically be neither since both full and empty are absolute states and therefore are incapable of being halved or modified in any way."

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This poster includes, among others, the following quotes:

is the glass half full or half empty.. (3)

"The magician will show you the glass with the full half at the top."

"The physician says that the glass is not empty at all - it is half-filled with water and half-filled with air - hence, fully filled on the whole!"

"The musician says he/she is unimpressed with the promoter of the concert for not providing more alcohol."

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This poster contains the inspirational quote:

is the glass half full or half empty.. (4)

"The personal coach knows that the glass goes from full to empty depending on the circumstances, and reminds the drinker that he can always fill the glass when he wishes."

"The computer programmer says the glass is full-empty."

"The algebraic simultaneous equation theorist says that if the glass is equally half full and half empty, then half full = half empty; therefore ½ x F = ½ x E; therefore (by multiplying both sides of the equation by 2) we show that F = E; i.e. Full equals Empty!"

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The 'I Am' quote was first published on the self-belief webpage, written as part of the introduction to that item and first published on this website in 2002.

I had not thought to include it here on a poster until a website visitor S Boyd suggested it during 2010, which I greatly appreciated.

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