Mrs. Hoge's Rules

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These are Mrs. Hoge's classroom rules.

1. Be optimistic

"It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about."

--Dale Carnegie

2. Listen the first time

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.-epictetus

3. Give 100%

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."

-- Vincent T. Lombardi

4. Choose to do your best

"Whatever you are, be a good one." --Abraham Lincoln

5. Have an upbeat attitude

“It is your attitude more than your aptitude that determines your altitude.” --Brian Tracy

6. Watch your words

'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. --Abraham Lincoln

7. Be motivated

“Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hope that the cow will back up to them.”

--Elbert Hubbard

8. Put forth effort

“Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.”

--Harvey Mackay

9. Smile

"A smile is your greatest social asset." --Zig Ziglar

10. Be kind to everyone!!! No putdowns

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

--Will Rogers

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