Benham Quotes

#1. Rule #1: No cut or compromise should be suggested by ANY member of the community. This includes the music coalition, music educators, and the music supervisor.
Suggest a cut or compromise, and you become responsible for the decision.

John Benham

#2. History is made by those who say no.

Jon Savage

#3. Spatial intelligence is virtually left out of formal education. In kindergarten we give children blocks and sand with which to build. Then we take those things away for the next twelve years of their education and expect kids to be architects and engineers.

Ann Lewin-Benham

#4. He who ceases to pray ceases to prosper.

William Gurney Benham

#5. teachers choose materials, they consider materials' individuality; unusual

Ann Lewin-Benham

#6. Given so much, What have I done to Deserve it? Nothing, Absolutely nothing. No wonder my heart Dances.

Ann Lewin-Benham

#7. Yeah, you know, I'm always into cassette. At least they seem to be the longest-lasting medium we used to have. I don't play cassettes much anymore, but I play records all the time.

J Mascis

#8. We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Abraham Lincoln

#9. The patience and ability to work through a long series of steps - to figure things out - is a foundation for the child's creative life later on.

Ann Lewin-Benham

#10. God's help is nearer than the door.

William Gurney Benham

#11. The sin is not in the sinning, but in the being found out.

William Gurney Benham

#12. And when Elmer was about to slip out to the kitchen with her to make lemonade, Benham held him by demanding, 'What do you think of John Wesley's doctrine of perfection?'
'Oh, it's absolutely sound and proven,' admitted Elmer, wondering what the devil Mr. Wesley's doctrine of perfection might be.

Sinclair Lewis

#13. When you see a snake, never mind where he came from.

William Gurney Benham

#14. The key to becoming a proactive influence for music education is the development of a "dream list." It is more often referred to as a long-term plan. Do you know what you want your program to look like in the next five years? Ten years? Start now!

John Benham

#15. Time passes way too slow when you're waiting for the unknown

Donna VanLiere

#16. By losing present time, we lose all time.

William Gurney Benham

#17. When we walk in pride, we forfeit grace. But when we humble ourselves, grace awaits.

Pilgrim Benham

#18. Talking of love is making it.

William Gurney Benham

#19. Providing for your family's immediate needs while simultaneously moving toward your goals forces you to work hard and trust God - two vital components of every good man. If

David Benham

#20. What's the use of running when you are on the wrong road?

William Gurney Benham

#21. The problem is to overcome the ingrained disbelief in the power of winning nature by love, in the gentle (ju) way (do) of turning with the skid, of controlling ourselves by cooperating with ourselves.

Alan Watts