Thoughtful greetings to our alumni

Continuing a new tradition, ELI faculty, tutors and staff offer some “food for thought” for ELI graduates to digest in the new year. Sources are listed where known.

Ana Kim: anaeun@msn.com One never tires of what is well written; style is life. It is the very blood of thought. ~ Gustave Flaubert

Anne Owen: anneoowen@aol.com Either we have hope or we don’t. It is a dimension of the soul….an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. ~ Vaclav Havel

Barbara Gillette: gillette@udel.edu There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. ~ Thich Naht Hanh

Barbara Morris: bmorris@udel.edu Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. ~ Vernon Law

Danielle Bergez: bergez@sas.upenn.edu Remember that very few people we consider great or innovative succeeded on the first try.

David Robertson: davidr41@hotmail.com Focus on what you want to say or write, then say it clearly. First you want to be understood.

Debbie Darrell: ddarrell@udel.edu and Grant Wolf: grantw@udel.edu Let your vision be worldembracing. ~ Baha’u’llah

Deborah Detzel: debdetzl@udel.edu I send you smiles because “Every time you smile at a person, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” ~ Mother Teresa

Janet Louise: jlouise@udel.edu Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we’re here we should dance. ~ Anonymous

June Quigley: junerq@netzero.net Remember to have your dreams in front of you and always strive for them. Life is always an adventure.

Jo Gielow: jogielow@udel.edu Burn brightly—without burning out. ~ Richard Biggs

Kathy Hankins: khan@udel.edu Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kathy Vodvarka: chessie@udel.edu Follow your bliss. ~ Joseph Campbell

Ken Cranker: kjcranker@yahoo.com Blessed is the man who finds Wisdom, the man who gains Understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. ~ Proverbs 3:13, the Bible

Ken Hyde: kenny@udel.edu There are 1,000 ways to learn a language. There is only one way to learn to speak a language. The way to speak a language is to speak the language.

Laurie Fuhrmann: lfuhrman@udel.edu A healthy attitude is contagious, but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier! ~ Mike Jones

Leslie Criston: greece@udel.edu Experience, travel: these are as education in themselves. ~ Euripides

Lisa Grimsley: grimsley@udel.edu Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. ~ Matthew 6:34, the Bible

Lowell Riethmuller: lowell@udel.edu The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Mary Beth Worrilow: worrilow@udel.edu If there is no wind—row! ~ Latin proverb

Nonie Bell: nbelleli@comcast.net We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~ Mark Albion

Robert Lamoureaux: gsrobert@udel.edu A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. ~ John A. Shedd

Russ Mason: rmason@udel.edu When I remember our friendship, my heart grows “as bright as the sky and as deep as the sea.” ~ Sidney Tai

Sarah Petersen: ssp@udel.edu Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. ~ Dr. Seuss

Saundra Chapman: schapman@udel.edu We know what we are but not what we may be. ~ William Shakespeare

Sisi Morris: profesisi@yahoo.com Find a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life. ~ Confucius

Susan Coakley: scoakley@udel.edu Mantra for all ELI students:We can do it!

Walt Babich: wcbabich@udel.edu Work your fingers to the bone – what do you get? Bony fingers! ~ Hoyt Axton

Wendy Bulkowski: delwindo@yahoo.com Read as if your life depends on it.