Tag: Charles Kingsley

  • No 36 9-8-17 Just Keep On Playing

    No 36 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 1, 1956 Just Keep on Playing! “If you just keep playing, keep believing and have some faith, something good can happen.” – Washington Redskins coach Norv Turner, whose team became only the second in NFL history to win six games after losing the…

  • No 32 8-11-17 What is Creativity?

      Photo is my lovely mom, J. Clair Woodbury. No 32 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, August 4, 2017 What is Creativity? “Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.”- Mary Lou Cook (1918) American educator Are you a risk taker? I never thought I was.…

  • No 30 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, July 28, 2017 Burn the Ships! In 1519, Captain Hernán Cortés landed in Veracruz. When they landed the Captain ordered his men to burn the ships. That order did not make sense to his men. Cortes knew that the only way to keep himself…

  • Something to be Enthusiastic About!

    No 41. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 9, 2015 Something to Be Enthusiastic About! We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. – Charles Kingsley (1819 – 1875) English Novelist…

  • No 39. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 25, 2015 A person is only as big as the dream they dare to live. — Unknown We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to…

  • Every Great Dream Begins with a Dreamer 7-17-15

    No 29. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, July 17, 2015 Every Great Dream Begins with a Dreamer Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. –Harriet Tubman A very dear,…