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Value and Thought for the Week

Saturday 4th December 2010

Value and Thought for next week


Kindness


Acts 20:35b - It is more blessed to give than to receive

Our Movember efforts have raised over £2500.

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 6th May 2011

Respect

To be respected is more important than being liked

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 13th May 2011

Integrity

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
Baltasar Gracian

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 20th May 2011

Independence

Never be bullied into silence.  Never allow yourself to be made a victim. 

Harvey Fierstein

Value and Thought for the Week

Sunday 5th June 2011

Endeavour

 Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. Og Mandino

Value and Thought for the Week

Monday 19th September 2011

Value and Thought for the Week

Respect

“It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.” T.S. Eliot

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 23rd September 2011

Value and Thought for the Week

Kindness

“Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up”. Jesse Jackson

Value and Thought for the Week

Monday 10th October 2011

Independence

“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility

and the wings of independence”. Denis Waitley

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 14th October 2011

Value and Thought for the Week

Endeavour

“Failure is not the worst thing in the world. The very worst is not to try”.

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 4th November 2011

 

Commitment

“A successful life doesn't require that we've done the best, but that we've done our best”. H. Jackson Brown

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 25th November 2011

Value and Thought for the Week

Integrity

Always be a first-rate version of yourself,

instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ~ Judy Garland

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 2nd December 2011

Value and Thought for the Week

Kindness

“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind”. Henry James

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Monday 16th January 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Fairness

It requires less character to discover the faults of others

than is does to tolerate them. J. Petit Senn

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 20th January 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Endeavour

There are no gains without pains.  Adlai Stevenson

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 27th January 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Independence

Character is a diamond that scratches every other stone. Cyrus A. Bartol

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 3rd February 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Cooperation

All for one and one for all. Motto from the Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 10th February 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Fairness

Look to be treated by others as you have treated others. Publius Syrus

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 24th February 2012

Integrity

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.     Martin Luther King, Jr.

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 2nd March 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Kindness

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. - William Thackeray

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 9th March 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Cooperation

Many hands make light work. English Proverb

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 16th March 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Fairness

Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.

Publius Syrus

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 4th May 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

 

‘The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.’

Marcus Aurelius

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 11th May 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Fairness

Bullies are always cowards at heart. Anna Julia Cooper

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 18th May 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Kindness

A little thought and a little kindness

are often worth more than a great deal of money.  John Ruskin

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 7th September 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

 Cooperation

No one can whistle a symphony.  It takes a whole orchestra to play it. ~ H.E. Luccock

Value and Thought for the Week

Tuesday 18th September 2012

Endeavour

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

 Attributed to both Vidal Sassoon and Donald Kendall

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 5th October 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Cooperation

Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success ~ Author Unknown

Value and Thought for The Week

Tuesday 25th September 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 28th September 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Integrity

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best

each and every day ~Abraham Lincoln

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 12th October 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Independence 

The best way to get something done is to begin.  ~Author Unknown

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 19th October 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Endeavour

The difference between try and triumph is a little umph. ~ Author Unknown

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 9th November 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

 Respect

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, "Mother, what was war?" ~ Eve Merriam

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 23rd November 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Commitment

When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."  Author Unknown

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 30th November 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Kindness

Acts 20:35b - It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 7th December 2012

Value and Thought for the Week

Integrity 

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none ~ William Shakespeare

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 18th January 2013

Value and Thought for the Week

Fairness

“Fairness puts the twinkle in the stars.”

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 25th January 2013

Value and Thought for the Week

Endeavour

“It’s a funny thing:  the more I practice, the luckier I get.”  Arnold Palmer

Value and Thought for the Week

Monday 11th February 2013

Value and Thought for the Week

Independence

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are ~E E Cummings

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 15th February 2013

Value and Thought for the Week

Cooperation

None of us is as smart as all of us - Ken Blanchard

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Monday 4th March 2013

Commitment

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games.  26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.  I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.                                                

Michael Jordan

Value and Thought for the Week

Monday 11th March 2013

Value and Thought for the Week

Kindness

"Say what you mean, mean what you say, but don't say it mean."

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 15th March 2013

Value and Thought for the Week

Fairness

In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion or gender.

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Sunday 24th March 2013

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Independence

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.” John Jakes

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Monday 29th April 2013

Value and Thought for the Week

Respect

Respect for the rights of others means peace. Benito Juarez

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 10th May 2013

Value and Thought for the Week

Independence

Never be bullied into silence.  Never allow yourself to be made a victim.

Harvey Fierstein

 

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 17th May 2013

Value and Thought for the Week

Fairness

It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself 

Eleanor Roosevelt

Value and Thought for the Week

Friday 14th June 2013

Value and Thought for the Week

Integrity

Have the courage to say no. Do the right thing because it is right.

W. Clement Stone

 


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