MR. BROWNE’S PRECEPTS
SEPTEMBER
When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. —Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
OCTOBER
Your deeds are your monuments. —inscription on an Egyptian tomb
NOVEMBER
Have no friends not equal to yourself. —Confucius
DECEMBER
Audentes fortuna iuvat. (Fortune favors the bold.) —Virgil
JANUARY
No man is an island, entire of itself. —John Donne
FEBRUARY
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. — James Thurber
MARCH
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
—Blaise Pascal
APRIL
What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.
—Sappho MAY
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as you ever can.
—John Wesley’s Rule
JUNE
Just follow the day and reach for the sun! —The Polyphonic Spree, “Light and Day”
POSTCARD PRECEPTS
CHARLOTTE CODY’S PRECEPT
It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.
REID KINGSLEY’S PRECEPT
Save the oceans, save the world! —Me!
TRISTAN FIEDLEHOLTZEN’S PRECEPT
If you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet, they’re about to announce the lottery numbers! —Homer Simpson
SAVANNA WITTENBERG’S PRECEPT
Flowers are great, but love is better. —Justin Bieber
HENRY JOPLIN’S PRECEPT
Don’t be friends with jerks. —Henry Joplin
MAYA MARKOWITZ’S PRECEPT
All you need is love. —The Beatles AMOS CONTI’S PRECEPT
Don’t try too hard to be cool. It always shows, and that’s uncool. — Amos Conti
XIMENA CHIN’S PRECEPT
To thine own self be true. —Hamlet, Shakespeare
JULIAN ALBANS’S PRECEPT
Sometimes it’s good to start over. —Julian Albans
SUMMER DAWSON’S PRECEPT
If you can get through middle school without hurting anyone’s feelings, that’s really cool beans. —Summer Dawson
JACK WILL’S PRECEPT
Keep calm and carry on! —some saying from World War II
AUGUST PULLMAN’S PRECEPT
Everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their life because we all overcometh the world. —Auggie
