Home Base January 18, 2017 Precepts

What is a precept? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary a precept is: “a command or principle intended especially as a rule of action.” That’s a fancy way of saying “words to live by.”

Where to find precepts? You may have noticed posters with precepts hanging on the walls around the building. Each of these is intended to give you pieces of wisdom to think about and guide you through your junior high journey and beyond. A new precept is put up somewhere in the halls each school day. Today we are giving you a few bonus thoughts. Take a minute to read each new one and think about it’s meaning to you.

Teach him then the sayings of the past, so that he may become a good example for the children. . . . No one is born wise. - The Maxims of Ptahhotep 2200 B.C.

We carry within us the wonders we seek around us. - Sir Thomas Browne

To be able to look back upon one’s life in satisfaction, is to live twice. - Kahlil Gibran

He who knows others is clever, but he who knows himself is enlightened He who knows others is clever, but he who knows himself is enlightened. - Lao Tzu

Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see. - Mark Twain

Ignorance is not saying, I don’t know Ignorance is not saying, I don’t know. Ignorance is saying, I don’t want to know. - Unknown

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whether you believe you can or believe you can’t, you are absolutely right. - Henry Ford

Kindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers Kindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers. -Kahlil Gibran

Courage doesn’t always roar Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” - Mary Anne Radmacher

Wisdom is like the baobab tree: No one person can embrace it, but a tribe can. - African Proverb.