Grandson of Inspiring Quotes

landmarkeducationinaustralia — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:37:37 +0000

It’s back! By popular demand (well, not really) I have come out with another batch of inspiring quotes…

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

“Because I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. …. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living right now.”

–from “The Alchemist,” by Paulo Coelho

Happiness is when what you think, what you say,

and what you do are in harmony.

–Mahatma Gandhi

This is my simple religion.
There is no need for temples;

no need for complicated philosophy.
Our own brain, our own heart is our temple;

the philosophy is kindness.

– Dalai Lama

The drop of water can carve the Rock

The glacier can carve the Mountain

Thusly do consistency and perseverance

Overcome all obstacles

– Jon Peniel

“The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.”

—Bodidharma

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step up

landmarkeducationinaustralia — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:10:34 +0000

Today I was looking at the Landmark videos I had grabbed from Vodpod for this site, and I came across one that I hadn’t seen before, made by an extremely inspiring organisation that apparently got its start as a Self-Expression and Leadership Programme project in Australia. The woman who founded it is Ryll Burgin, and her organization is the step up foundation, which provides weekend seminars to teens to support them in facing the future. Apparently step up brings in dozens of successful businesspeople or celebrities in to talk to the young people, help them set their goals, and inspire and coach them.

StepUP’s website says that it has been around since 2002, and that several thousand teens have completed one of these weekends in Australia or New Zealand (apparently the programme is also expanding to the UK). The whole thing looks amazing–One wonders why something like this isn’t part of the regular school curriculum. Here’s differnt a video from the website that tells even more about it:

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Grandson of Inspiring Quotes

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