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Thought Of The Week


Academy of Kempo's Annual Food Drive	December 2, 2013 When you feel like the world around you is falling, move out of the way. Author Frank Ciarleglio	Academy of Kempo's Annual Food Drive

Thanksgiving Hours	November 25, 2013 When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned arround. Author - Willie Nelson	Thanksgiving Hours

	November 18, 2013 Feeling Gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. Author - William Arthur Ward

	November 11, 2013 Thousands of candles can be lighted by a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Author - Buddha

"It's all about Quality"	November 4, 2013 It doesn't matter how many resources you have. If you don't know how to use them, it will never be enough. Author - Unknown	"It's all about Quality"

It is Picture time again! November 2, 2013	October 28, 2013 I've got to say "NO" to GOOD to say "YES" to the BEST. Author Zig Ziglar	It is Picture time again! November 2, 2013

Halloween Guest Pass Program	October 21 2013 I think I can , I think I can , I think I can , (and when he did he said) I thought I could. Book - The Little Engine That Could	Halloween Guest Pass Program

Costume Extravaganza Saturday October 26, 2013	October 14, 2013 Keep you thoughts positive because your thoughts become you words. Keep your words positive because you words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny. Author Mahatma Gundhi	Costume Extravaganza Saturday October 26, 2013

	October 7, 2013 We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. Author Abraham Lincoln

Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help	September 30, 2013 Every lesson offers you a seed of knowledge, when that seed is properly nurtured it will grow to offer you great benefits. Author Frank Ciarleglio	Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help

Who's the Champ?	September 23, 2013 Time is the coin of life. Only you can determine how it will be spent. Author Carl Sandburg	Who's the Champ?

You Are Invited to the Champion of the Week Awards Ceremony	September 16, 2013 Sometimes we are limited more by attitude than opportunities. Author Unknown	You Are Invited to the Champion of the Week Awards Ceremony

	September 9, 2013 Don't waste a moment staring at obstacles blocking your way they will not remove themselves life is about creating new paths. Author Unknown

See our "Academic Achievers"	September 2, 2013 Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Author Winston Churchill	See our "Academic Achievers"

Who's the Champ?	August 26, 2013 We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities." Author – Ralph Waldo Emerson	Who's the Champ?

	August 19, 2013 When you choose to be pleasant and positive in the way you treat others, you have also chosen, in most cases, how you are going to be treated by others." Author – Zig Ziglar

	August 12, 2013 Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. Author - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

	August 5, 2013 Once you unlock your potential, make sure that it does not get corralled and locked back up. Author Frank Ciarleglio

Who's the Champ?	July 29, 2013 You have the key to unlock your potential! Author Frank Ciarleglio	Who's the Champ?

"Academic Achievers"	July 22, 2013 Sometimes a star doesn't really show its brightness until it falls! Author Frank Ciarleglio	"Academic Achievers"

	July 15, 2013 NO! Try Not! DO or DO NOT, There is no try. Author ~ Yoda - Star Wars

"It's all about Quality"	July 8, 2013 Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or the willow survives the bending with the wind. Author Bruce Lee	"It's all about Quality"

Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help	July 1, 2013 Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. Author Newt Gingrich	Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help

	June 24, 2013 When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target. Author ~ George Fisher

Academy of Kempo Martial Arts	June 17, 2013 "Make a game of finding something positive in every situation. Ninety-five percent of your emotions are determined by how you interpret events to yourself." Author ~ Brian Tracy	Academy of Kempo Martial Arts

	June 10, 2013 When It Is Time To Choose, Will You Take The High Road Or Low Road? Author Frank Ciarleglio

	June 3, 2013 Success is not accomplished at a magical point or time in the future; Success is accomplished by how you use your time daily to get to that point in the future. Author Frank Ciarleglio

	May 27, 2013 Remember Yesterday so you can Improve Today and make Yourself Better for Tomorrow. Author Frank Ciarleglio

	May 20, 2013 Trustworthiness is a highly esteemed commodity. When one has it, one is considered valuable. When one has lost it, one may be considered worthless. Author L. Ron Hubbard

	May 13, 2013 The principle of strategy is having one thing, to know ten thousand things. Author Miyamoto Musashi - The Book of Five Rings, 1645

	May 6, 2013 At times you must be like the river that easily flows, and at other times you must make your stand and be the dam. Only you can determine the proper time to flow or make your stand. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio

	April 29, 2013 “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...” Author - Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!

	April 22, 2013 To turn an obstacle to one's advantage is a great step towards victory. French Proverb

	April 15, 2013 If everything was perfect we would have no need for eraser. The eraser helps us to make our correction on paper our inner self helps us make corrections in life. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio

	April 8, 2013 You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. Author Margaret Thatcher

Academy of Kempo Martial Arts	April 1, 2013 “There's no need to talk about it, because the truth of what one says lies in what one does.” Author Berhard Schlink	Academy of Kempo Martial Arts
	March 25, 2013 Don’t confuse your path with your destination. Just because it’s stormy now doesn’t mean you aren’t headed for sunshine. Author Unknown
Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help	March 18, 2013 The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor. Author Jim Rohn	Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help
"It's all about Quality"	March 11, 2013 "Your life doesn't get better by chance, it gets better by change" Author Jim Rohn	"It's all about Quality"
	March 4, 2013 “If you have some idea you believe in, don’t listen to the croaking chorus. Listen only to what your own inner voice tells you.” Author Dale Carnegie
	February 25, 2013 Be Proactive - Not Reactive Author Stephen R. Covey
	February 18, 2013 Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. Author William B. Sprague
	February 11, 2013 Today I am what I am Because of my yesterday's choices. And where I shall be tomorrow Will be decided today. Author Kamari aka Lyrikal
Academy of Kempo Martial Arts	February 4, 2013 You must give up the way it is ... to have it the way you want it. Author - Unknown	Academy of Kempo Martial Arts
	January 28, 2013 Any shortcut you take while working towards self-improvement will put you on short end of your goal. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio
Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help	January 21, 2013 No dream will come true without you doing the footwork: so wake up, get out of bed and get moving! Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio	Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help
	January 14, 2013 The man who gets ahead does the things that should be done without being told to do it. But he doesn't stop there; he goes the extra mile by doing a great deal more than is expected or demanded of him. Author Dale Carnegie
	January 7, 2013 To have positive results you must act in a positive way! You cannot think yourself into better shape; you must get up and take positive action towards being in better shape. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio
	December 31, 2012 Thinking too long about doing something is often the reason it never gets done. Author - Unknown
	December 24, 2012 It's so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to. Author Annie Gottlier
"It's all about Quality"	December 17, 2012 "Whatever is expressed is impressed. Whatever you say to yourself, with emotion, generates thoughts, ideas and behaviors consistent with those words." Author Brian Tracy	"It's all about Quality"
Academy of Kempo Martial Arts	December 10, 2012 Happiness does not come wrapped in a present; happiness is already wrapped up in you. You sometimes just need to push through the clutter to get to it! Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio	Academy of Kempo Martial Arts
	December 3, 2012 At the end of the day you can be holding on to success or excuse! Which one would you like? IT IS YOUR CHOICE!! Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio
Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help	November 26, 2012 "The best motivating is self-motivating. The guy says," I wish someone would come by and turn me on."What if they don’t show up? You’ve got to have a better plan for your life." Author - Jim Rohn	Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help
	November 19, 2012 "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." Author - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
	November 12, 2012 The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. Author - Thucydides (/θjuːˈsɪdɨdiːz/; Greek: Θουκυδίδης, Thoukydídēs; c. 460 – c. 395 BC)
	November 5, 2012 If it is to be, it is up to me. Author - Unknown Great thought that I saw in a letter that Barbara Nana the Principal at Dunbar Hill School sent out to all the students.
	October 29, 2012 “The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.” Author – John Buchan
Academy of Kempo Martial Arts	October 22, 2012 The secret of all great undertakings is hard work and self-reliance. Author Gustavus F. Swift	Academy of Kempo Martial Arts
	October 15, 2012 "I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." Author ~ Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President (1801 - 1809)
	October 8, 2012 Fortune favors the bold! Latin Proverb
	October 1, 2012 "I am thankful to all those who said NO to me, it's because of them I did it myself." Author Albert Einstein Thanks to YYIZE for inspiring this week’s thought
Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help	September 24, 2012 "The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity." Author - Winston Churchill	Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help
"It's all about Quality"	September 17, 2012 I rather be prepared than deal with the consequence of not being so! Author ~ Unknown Thanks to Cazimir Bzdyra for sharing this in class.	"It's all about Quality"
	September 10, 2012 An old man was asked for his secret of happiness. The man replied, “I haven’t any great secret. It’s just as plain as the nose on your face. When I get up in the morning," he explained, “I have two choices–either to be happy or to be unhappy, and what do you think I do? I just choose to be happy, and that’s all there is to it.” From ~ The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent
Who is the "Grand Champion" for the Summer 2012 Click here to find out!	September 3, 2012 My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. Author Hank Aaron	Who is the "Grand Champion" for the Summer 2012 Click here to find out!
	August 27, 2012 No matter what you want it all comes down to desire. YYIZE
Academy of Kempo Martial Arts	August 20, 2012 “You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.” Author Rosalynn Carter	Academy of Kempo Martial Arts
	August 13, 2012 "You are not disabled by the disabilities you have; you are able by the abilities you have." Oscar Pistorius ~ 2012 Olympian 26-year-old double-amputee
Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help	August 6, 2012 "It means so much, all the hard work and dedication and effort put in the gym and hard days, and hard days are the best because that's where champions are made, so if you push through the hard days you can get through anything." Gabrielle Douglas ~ Olympic Champion	Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help
	July 30, 2012 The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling. Lucretius
	July 23, 2012 "Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.” Chinese Proverb
	July 16, 2012 "What you are doing does not matter so much as what you are learning from doing it." Ancient Proverb from Egyptian Temples
"It's all about Quality"	July 9, 2012 “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” Author Dale Carnegie	"It's all about Quality"
Academy of Kempo Martial Arts	July 2, 2012 "Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.” Ancient Proverb	Academy of Kempo Martial Arts
Check Out The Articles Written About the Academy of Kempo Martial Arts	June 25, 2012 "If you always stay in your comfort zone you will always be comfortable, but you will not grow. To grow you must step out of your comfort zone into the unknown." Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio	Check Out The Articles Written About the Academy of Kempo Martial Arts
	June 18, 2012 Achievement Comes In the Preparation Prior to the Execution. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio
Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help	June 11, 2012 "If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." Author Bruce Lee	Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help
"It's all about Quality"	June 4, 2012 A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. Author Bruce Lee	"It's all about Quality"
Academy of Kempo Martial Arts	May 28, 2012 Each step we take towards our goal no matter how small is an achievement, though the achievement may not be a measurable one, still it is an achievement. The more steps we take, the bigger the achievement will be and eventually our achievements will be measurable and noticeable. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio	Academy of Kempo Martial Arts
	May 21, 2012 Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. Author Brian Tracy
	May 14, 2012 The tools you use should enhance your performance; not handicap it. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio
Mother's Day Special For Academy of Kempo Martial Arts Family and Friends Click Here To Check it Out!	May 7, 2012 The best friend you should have is yourself! Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio	Mother's Day Special For Academy of Kempo Martial Arts Family and Friends Click Here To Check it Out!
Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help	April 30, 2012 The power of the mind is incredible, Use it to your advantage. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio	Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help
Academy of Kempo Martial Arts	April 23, 2012 When one door closes, another opens: but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one, which has been opened for us! This is a variation of a saying I saw on http://www.facebook.com/yyize Thanks For Sharing.	Academy of Kempo Martial Arts
	April 16, 2012 You are the coach of your own life. Only you can decide when to get off the bench and get in the game. Author Cazimir Bzdyra
	April 9, 2012 If you only travel towards your destination half way each time you set out, will you ever reach your destination? Is this the way you would like to approach your goals? Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio
	April 2, 2012 No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he's not the same man. Author Heraclitus (c.535 BC - 475 BC) - Ηράκλειτος (Herakleitos; Heraclitus) of Ephesus
	March 26, 2012 To want success is not enough; you must go out and obtain it! Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio
Academy of Kempo Martial Arts	March 19, 2012 In a time of stress, your mind and your body will take the path of least resistance. That path will be what you have trained yourself to do; it will be your HABIT. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio	Academy of Kempo Martial Arts
	March 12, 2012 The choice to become your best comes with the responsibility of taking a rougher more vigorous road. This approach is not the easy way, though once the habits are set the road tends to smoothen out for you. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio
	March 5, 2012 If you keep doing what you have been doing, you will keep getting what you have been getting. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio
	February 27, 2012 Figure out where you are, know where you want to go and then make a plan to get there. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio

	February 20, 2012 The only discipline that last is self-discipline. Author Bum Phillips

Academy of Kempo Martial Arts	February 13, 2012 Either you reach a higher point today, or you exercise your strength in order to be able to climb higher tomorrow. Author Friedrich Nietzsche	Academy of Kempo Martial Arts

Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help	February 6, 2012 Today is a very important day for they all are because you will never have this day again. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio	Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help

"It's all about Quality"	January 30, 2012 You cannot change the past, though the past can help you shape your future. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio	"It's all about Quality"

	January 23, 2012 Self-Improvement only happens with Self- Acknowledgement! Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio

	January 16, 2012 You must not wait for opportunity to knock at your door, for you may be waiting for a very long time and the knock may never come. You must go out in search for the opportunity for it is there just waiting to be found. Author Shihan Frank Ciarleglio

Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help	January 9, 2012 If you do for someone what they should do for themselves, they will never learn to do.	Be Part of the Cure! Academy of Kempo’s “Help a Child Initiative” Click Here to see how you can Help

Academy of Kempo Martial Arts	January 2, 2012 Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. Author Bruce Lee	Academy of Kempo Martial Arts

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