Motivational Posters

Greatness Inspirational Mountains & Sea Poster

2009-10-01T10:42:00.000-07:00

Greatness Inspirational Motivational Poster
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Bestseller Greatness Motivational Posters - Landscape Art Photograhy - Greatness Quote Landscape Poster: "Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great."

Einstein - Human Greatness
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Albert Einstein Black & White Portrait Poster with his Words about Human Greatness: 'There is only one road to human greatness; Through the school of hard knocks' Albert Einstein Portrait & Science Symbols Graphic Objects Collage Image

Winston Churchill Success Posters - Subject Motivational Poster

2009-10-01T10:24:00.000-07:00

Winston Churchill Success Quote & Black & White Portrait
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BW Winston Churchill Portrait Photo with his Sayings about Success: 'Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm' World War 2 Political Leaders & War Heroes Photos, Pictures - British Prime Minister of the WWII Era Sayings & Quotes - Political Success Advices Posters

Success

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Motivational Posters for Success - Art Photograph of a Plane on the Air and Yellow Sunset / Sunrise on Background with this Inspirational Quote: "The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed." Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Decorate your home or office with success subject poster. High quality wall decor inspirational motivational posters: Success Motivational Art Poster. Motivational Posters that Inspire - Vision of Success Posters for Home, School and Office.

Wolf Indian Spirit Print Wolwes Blue Night

2009-04-26T15:32:00.000-07:00

Focus - Concentration Is The Secret Of Strength
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Night Spirit Art Print
Gary Ampel
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North American Native Indian Wolf Wolves Print - Native American Indian Chief Wolf Spirit Prints. Head Dress Wolf Posters Prints.

Prowling Tiger - Wolf Door Posters - Wolf Howling at Moon

2009-04-26T15:03:00.000-07:00

Wolf Howling at Moon Poster Print by made_in_atlantis
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Wolf Howling at Moon Computer Graphic Art Image Poster - Black Wolf Sillhoutte Howls & Full Moon on the Ground in a Dark Night - Wolf Standing in Front of Bright Full Moon - Moonlight & Howling Wolf Images

Tiger Door Poster
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Wolf Door Poster
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Give Peace a Chance Poster Peace Mosaic Poster

2009-04-23T14:30:00.000-07:00

Peace Wall
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Imagine Peace Wall Collage Poster - Imagine Word, Peace Sign and Writings on the Wall Graphic Design Image

Hippie Peace Poster
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Peace Sign Mosaic Poster - Anti-War Hippie Peace Sign Symbol Posters

Retro Peace Sign Poster Hippie Peace Symbol

2009-04-23T14:07:00.000-07:00

Peace Sign Poster
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60's 70's Hippie Peace Poster - Sixties Hippie Art

2009-04-23T13:52:00.001-07:00

Fractal Peace Poster
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Peace Sign Poster Peace Symbol Anti-war Motivational

2009-04-23T13:32:00.000-07:00

Fractal Peace
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Peace Fabric Poster
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Motivational Wall Mural Home Decor

2009-04-23T12:54:00.000-07:00

Imagination Wall Mural
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Home Decor Wall Murals - Motivation Wall Mural with inspirational quotes - Motivational Wall Art for home, office, classrooms, restaurants.

Patriotic American Flag Print - Bald American Eagle Portrait Poster

2009-04-23T11:12:00.000-07:00

Bald American Eagle Print by made_in_atlantis
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Patriotic Freedom Art Print
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Motivational Runner Poster Print

2009-04-23T10:52:00.000-07:00

Determination: Runner Print
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Running Motivational Poster Prints - Run Inspirational Print

Lighthouse Poster Print Motivational Lighthouse Posters

2009-04-23T09:20:00.000-07:00

Possibilities: Lighthouse Print
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Decorative Motivational Ocean Lighthouse with Clouds and an Overall Blue Nightime Effect Poster Print with Inspirational Quote

American Flag & Jet Patriotic Print - Motivational Prints

2009-04-21T12:39:00.000-07:00

Patriotic Courage Art Print
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US Army Military American Patriotic Prints - US Flag and Fighter Plane Jet Motivational Patriotic Print

Military Army Motivational Patriotic Poster

2009-04-21T12:24:00.000-07:00

US Soldier Bravery

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Patriotism Poster
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Motivational Lighthouse Print - Success Posters

2009-04-21T12:19:00.000-07:00

Success: Lighthouse Art Print
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Vision Motivational Ocean Lighthouse - Inspirational Motivational Success Lighthouse Poster Print

Motivational Dolphin Print - Dolphins Posters

2009-04-21T12:11:00.000-07:00

Goals: Dolphins Print
Tuttle, Craig
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Dolphin Jumping Motivational Sunset Poster Print

Motivational Wolf Prints - Wolf Howling at Moon Poster Print - Wolf Posters

2009-04-21T12:05:00.000-07:00

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Wisdom: Gray Wolf Print
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Army Teamwork Print Military Motivational Posters

2009-04-21T11:54:00.000-07:00

Working Together
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Patriotic Military Posters - US Fighter Plane Prints - Working Together - Military Motivational Teamwork Poster Print with motivational teamwork quote. - US Air Force Planes on the Flight Show Photo - United States National & Army Pride Posters Prints

The Last Flight of Captain Baron Von Richthofen, c.1920
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World War I Partiotic War Plane Paintings Posters - US & UK Alliance Air Forces Planes Fighting against German Planes on the Air

Army Motivational Posters Patience Soldier Military

2009-04-21T11:44:00.000-07:00

Patience, Soldier Art Print
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Motivational Army Military Print: Patience, Soldier - Military Inspirational Posters

Lion T-Shirt King Lion Pride T-Shirts

2009-04-04T14:38:00.000-07:00

Lion Roaring by made_in_atlantis
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Nature - Lion Pride T-Shirt
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Wolf Howl T-Shirt - Blue T-Shirts

2009-04-04T14:27:00.000-07:00

Youth: Animal Wildlife - Wolf Howl T-Shirt
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American Eagle T-Shirt - Patriotic T-Shirts American Flag

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Patriotic American Eagle T-shirt
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Dare To Live The Dream Print

2009-02-04T12:20:00.000-08:00

Dare To Live The Dream Print

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Fearlessness Motivation Poster

2009-02-04T12:12:00.000-08:00

Fearlessness Poster

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Christ and Child Inspirational Poster

2009-01-12T05:51:00.000-08:00

Christ and Child Art Print
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Jesus Christ Inspirational Poster

2009-01-12T05:33:00.000-08:00

Jesus Christ Inspirational Poster
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Inspirational Posters Saving Grace Poster

2009-01-12T05:21:00.000-08:00

Saving Grace Art Print
Walker, Garret
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Religious Inspirational Poster God His Child

2009-01-12T05:10:00.000-08:00

Sometimes God calms the storm... Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms His child.

Sometimes God Calms Art Print
Tribett, Karen
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Serenity Prayer Waterfall Religious Poster

2009-01-12T05:05:00.000-08:00

Serenity Prayer and Waterfall Art Print
Donnelly, Terry
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Lost Sheep Poster Religious Jesus Inspirational

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The Lost Sheep Art Print
Soord, Alfred
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Jesus Inspirational Poster - Religious Posters

2009-01-12T04:35:00.000-08:00

Thy Will be Done - Jesus Inspirational Art Print
Hahlbohm, Danny
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I am the Light Inspirational Poster

2009-01-12T04:32:00.000-08:00

I am the Light Art Print
Hahlbohm, Danny
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Motivation Skateboard Poster Sports Skateboarding

2009-01-11T04:00:00.000-08:00

Possibilities Poster
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Motivational Teamwork Posters Teamwork Art Print

2008-10-20T16:00:00.000-07:00

Teamwork Art Print

Fotos, Hank

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Motivational Leaders Posters Motivational Posters

2008-10-20T15:59:00.000-07:00

Leaders: Bald Eagle Art Print

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Motivational Luck Posters Luck Art Print

2008-10-20T15:58:00.000-07:00

Luck Art Print

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Motivational Goals Posters Goals Art Print

2008-10-20T15:56:00.002-07:00

Goals Art Print

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Motivational Posters Tolerance Poster

2008-10-20T15:56:00.001-07:00

Tolerance Poster

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Contemplation Poster Motivational Posters

2008-10-20T15:54:00.000-07:00

Contemplation Poster

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Success Laminated Poster Motivational

2007-10-17T04:44:00.001-07:00

Success Laminated Poster
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To a people whose massive agricultural expansion proceeded apace with the acquisition of Texas and California and who yet at the same time accelerated the process of shifting from an agrarian to an industrial footing, books on success were no more than mirrors held up to nature. The success literature of the 1850's established a popularity which has since persisted. Indeed, success books have constituted "perhaps the most flourishing of all branches of American literature."

This popularity, however, is not the principal reason why the literature of success deserves attention. The primary significance of books entitled There's Plenty of Room at the Top or Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Americans is that they distill a scheme of values, a conception of the world, a way of life, which has in varying degrees been shared by the great bulk of the American people for over a century. Such books are the conscious, explicit rendition of that shadowy cultural mythology -- the mythology of success -- which permeates the American imagination.

Ask Laminated Poster

2007-10-17T04:43:00.000-07:00

Ask Laminated Poster
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When we learn naturally, we start by developing an interest in what we are learning about. We try things out and get hands-on experience. We suffer expectation failures and we ask questions. Schools are not built around steps such as these. Instead, they try to cut to the chase. They rush to present answers to questions students have not asked and generalizations about experiences students have not had.

Schools today are based on the underlying assumption that students should learn answers. This commonsensical assumption is wrong. Students should instead learn how to ask questions and pursue their own answers.

Much of the current system is oriented around giving students answers. If we only care that students know some fact, then it's fine for us to simply give it to them at some point when they are ready to hear it. Any parent will tell you that one of the most annoying habits young children have is their penchant for the "Why Game." In this game, the child observes something and demands that the parent explain it. "Why is the sky blue?" is the classic example. But more bizarre questions often pop up, such as "Why doesn't the week start with the weekend?" or "How does my brain know what my name is?"

These questions are irritating not only because they are time-consuming, but also because they often show us the limits of what we ourselves know. We don't like being reduced to the answer "Just because." Nonetheless, we encourage our children to ask such questions because we realize that they help to develop intelligence and curiosity.

Winners Poster

2007-10-17T04:42:00.000-07:00

Winners Poster
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It is usually the winner that gets the attention and becomes the center of focus. Whatever he or she does or says becomes our model and these descriptions are frequently on a personal psychological level. Although we may admire and respect talent, our personal opinion of the winner becomes, in our mind, the reason the winners are able to manifest their talent.

Another assumption that we make is that to be a winner you have to be a "good guy." In all of our folklore it is always the clean-cut, wholesome American kid who finally comes through in the end. We cannot conceive of a "bad guy" being a winner. Somehow that picture, that image, destroys our illusions. In order to keep the picture complete and in line with mythology, the winners can only be good. By the same token, losers must be bad. They must be tainted in some way or have some flaw that keeps them from attaining the Holy Grail (otherwise known as the Stanley Cup or the Super Bowl Trophy). We cannot think that a team or player can be corrupt or dirty and, we cannot even entertain the thought that accepted behavior within some sports may be corrupt or destructive.

So we devise terms to describe our heroes and heroines and place them on pedestals so they may act as models. We develop a whole new jock vocabulary that incorporates all of the cultural values. We then point out how these values are crystallized in sports. Our winning athletes are courageous, loyal, competitive, dedicated, fierce, determined, aggressive, team persons, tough-minded, psyched-up, motivated, and so forth. Not only that, they give 110%, they never say die, play with pain, or give till it hurts. Winning athletes are a cross between Superman, the Bionic Man and the Boy Scout Oath. These simple one-word descriptions are fortified with locker rooms filled with slogans that further describe the winner. We all know that "Winners never quit, and quitters never win." Leo Durocher expression that went something like, "You show me a good loser and I'll show you a real loser." Perhaps the two most famous of the expressions came from leaders of this country. Richard Nixon had on his desk the old favorite, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going," and, of course, there is Vince Lombardi's dictum, "Winning isn't everything--it's the only thing."

Individuality Mini Poster

2007-10-17T04:41:00.002-07:00

Individuality Mini Poster
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The ways in which people differ from one another may be grouped under four headings: (1) anatomical, (2) physiological, (3) biochemical, and (4) psychological. Never in the history of science and human thought, to the best of my knowledge, has anyone ever made a serious attempt to look at these differences specifically or to gain an over-all view of them. In this relatively short discussion it will not be possible to do more than present briefly a few of the outstanding findings, including some references for those who wish to explore the subject farther.

Physiological individuality is exhibited to a marked degree no matter what area we consider. In that of the senses, for example--seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, the sense of touch, etc.--striking evidence of individuality can be found wherever we look. Let us consider the sense of taste.

Like other important attributes of our character and civilization, individuality or individualism is an outgrowth of many forces. More specifically, and rather obviously, it is a product of inheritance and environment--the experience of Europe and the hope of America. It is, of course, beyond the scope of this paper, or the ability of its author, to trace through all history the conflict between the demands of society and the urgings of individuality. Something of this conflict has probably always affected human personality, but individuality as it has developed in the United States goes back most directly to English history and experience.

Teamwork Poster

2007-10-17T04:41:00.001-07:00

Teamwork Poster
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Different people in a work group sometimes divide the labor on task and maintenance functions. This normally appears to be an informal development; occasionally it is a deliberate strategy designed to overcome personality or technical-task shortcomings, or to compensate for work overload on a manager. While such a division of leadership responsibility can work, groups characterized by above average performance and employee satisfaction are more often than not managed by someone who initiates structure and clearly states what needs to be done and who, at the same time, is sensitive to the emotional side of group life. Jury-rigged leadership sharing arrangements, often observed in professional and office clerical settings, will not maximize teamwork.

The teamwork stage describes a group's condition when it "jells." Teamwork reflects the group's early task successes and the development of positive interpersonal relationships, which encourage the group and build its confidence. All of this provides reinforcement or reward value, and enhances the group's desire for further success if the experience was challenging. The same processes that were getting underway in the prior learning stage gain momentum in this stage. To list a few:

Performance standards continue to develop and probably increase
Group shared norms and attitudes solidify and a unique vocabulary characteristic of the group becomes evident;
Individual and coordinated task expertise approach a peak, and the task-role structure stabilizes;
Teamwork and willingness to help each other are characteristic patterns;
Group processes experimented with and developed earlier for allocating resources, resolving interpersonal conflict, disciplining members and dealing with the larger organizational environment, function smoothly with the full support of most group members; and
A clear, group-shared idea emerges on "who we are and where we are going."

Teamwork: Skydivers II Poster

2007-10-17T04:40:00.001-07:00

Teamwork: Skydivers II Art Print
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Leadership: Eagle Poster

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Leadership: Eagle Art Print
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Apple Newton Poster

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Apple / Newton Poster

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Risk Poster

2007-10-17T04:38:00.001-07:00

Risk Poster
Doyle, Rick
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Dedication: Jordan Pond Poster

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Dedication: Jordan Pond Art Print
Conlan, Dermot
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Believe In Yourself Poster

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Believe In Yourself Art Print
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Perfection Poster

2007-10-17T04:30:00.000-07:00

Perfection Poster
Hosking, Eric
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Goals Poster

2007-10-17T04:29:00.000-07:00

Goals Art Print
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Challenge Poster

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Challenge Poster
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Vision Mountain Reflection Poster

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Vision: Mountain Reflection Art Print
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Opportunity Poster

2007-10-17T04:26:00.000-07:00

Opportunity Poster
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Attitude Poster

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Attitude Poster
Chew, Mike
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Don't Quit Poster

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Don't Quit Art Print
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Commitment Poster

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Commitment Art Print
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Positive Attitude Laminated Poster

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Positive Attitude Laminated Poster
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Peanuts Never Ever Give Up Poster

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Peanuts: Never Ever EVER Give Up Art Print
Schulz, Charles
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Originality Poster

2007-10-17T04:19:00.000-07:00

Originality Poster
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Teamwork Poster

2007-10-17T04:18:00.001-07:00

Teamwork Art Print
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Confidence Poster

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Confidence Poster
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Challenge Runner Poster

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Challenge: Runner Art Print
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It's Up To Me Poster

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It's Up To Me Poster
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Imagination Poster

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Imagination Poster
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Respect Poster

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Respect Poster
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Greatness Poster

2007-10-17T04:12:00.002-07:00

Greatness Poster
Tuttle, Craig
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Tolerance Poster

2007-10-17T04:12:00.001-07:00

Tolerance Poster
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Working Together Poster

2007-10-17T03:04:00.001-07:00

Working Together Art Print
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Goals: Dolphins Poster

2007-10-17T03:02:00.000-07:00

Goals: Dolphins Art Print
Tuttle, Craig
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Courage Poster

2007-10-17T03:01:00.000-07:00

Courage Art Print
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Kindness Poster

2007-10-17T03:00:00.000-07:00

Kindness Poster
Souders, Paul
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Determination Poster

2007-10-17T02:59:00.000-07:00

Determination Poster
Kingsnorth
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Change Poster

2007-10-17T02:58:00.000-07:00

Change Art Print
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Courage Poster

2007-10-17T02:57:00.000-07:00

Courage Poster
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Dare Poster

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Dare Poster
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Dreams Poster

2007-10-17T02:46:00.001-07:00

Dreams Poster
Lukasseck, Frank
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Courage Poster

2007-10-17T02:45:00.001-07:00

Courage Poster
Ball, Roger
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A courage which conquers the negativities of the individual life is possible for those who participate in the universal process in which the absolute mind actualizes itself. The anxieties of fate, guilt, and doubt are overcome by means of an elevation through the different degrees of meanings toward the highest, the philosophical intuition of the universal process itself. Hegel tries to unite the courage to be as a part (especially of a nation) with the courage to be as oneself (especially as a thinker) in a courage which transcends both and has a mystical background.

In Kafka novels The Castle and The Trial the unapproachable remoteness of the source of meaning and the obscurity of the source of justice and mercy are expressed in language which is pure and classical. The courage to take upon oneself the loneliness of such creativity and the horror of such visions is an outstanding expression of the courage to be as oneself. Man is separated from the sources of courage--but not completely: he is still able to face and to accept his own separation. In Auden the Age of Anxiety the courage to take upon oneself the anxiety in a world which has lost the meaning is as obvious as the profound experience of this loss: the two poles which are united in the phrase "courage of despair" receive equal emphasis. In Sartre The Age of Reason the hero faces a situation in which his passionate desire to be himself drives him to the rejection of every human commitment. He refuses to accept anything which could limit his freedom. Nothing has ultimate meaning for him, neither love nor friendship nor politics. The only immovable point is the unlimited freedom to change, to preserve freedom without content. He represents one of the most extreme forms of the courage to be as oneself, the courage to be a self which is free from any bond and which pays the price of complete emptiness. In the invention of such a figure Sartre proves his courage of despair.

Persistence Poster

2007-10-17T02:43:00.000-07:00

Persistence Art Print
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Common-sense psychology unhesitatingly describes and explains behaviour in terms of traits, such as persistence, suggestibility, courage, punctuality, absent-mindedness, stage-struckness, "being one for the girls", stuck-upness, and queerness, or posits the existence of types, such as the dandy, the intellectual, the quiet, the sporty, or the sociable type.

"The person of the nervous type is characterized by marked emotional instability, a small degree of activity, and an overwhelming strength of primary function, and is accordingly little inclined to regular work, has little persistence, and no tendency to get absorbed in his work. He is characterized by a high degree of sensitivity, emotional reactivity, and rapid change of mood. Such a person is characterized by inner contradictions and conflict between thought and action. He lacks self-sufficiency and fails to take a definite stand on matters of attitude. He is shy and there is a marked lack of inhibition. Among his primary interests, the most obvious is the erotic. Abstract virtues like punctuality, abstemiousness, honesty, reliability, and love of truth are largely absent in a person of this type. He shows a tendency to play a rôle; to pretend to be other than he is. The nervous person is lacking in judgment, practical sense, and suffers from an undevelopment of mathematical and systematic tendencies. Other characteristics are a tendency towards symbolism and a tendency to frequent change of address. The relatives of a nervous person frequently show neurasthenic or hysterical symptoms or are led by their uninhibited proclivities to commit crimes of one kind or another.

"Quite a different picture is presented by the 'sentimental' person. Of course, we find here again primarily those qualities which we have already found in the nervous person as characteristic of emotionality and lack of activity. Nevertheless, there are also considerable differences which throughout point to the inhibiting and regulating influence of the secondary function, which robs the passing moment of its omnipotence.

Blue Mountains, Australia Poster

2007-10-17T02:42:00.000-07:00

Innovation: Blue Mountains, Australia Art Print
Cosslett, Mark
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The beauty, the variety, and the potential wealth of Australia were learnt slowly and in the hard way.

We can see the fugitive beauty of the gum-tree pencilled against the sky; our educated eyes can find a thousand nuances of colour in the bush; we can appreciate the native blooms and not even find them strange, flower cyphers, mechanic, functional, barbaric. Look if you have the opportunity at Margaret Preston's pictures of flowers and you will see what I mean. We have come to marvel at the fauna, species long extinct in other parts of the world, missing links like the platypus which is at once bird, mammal and fish. And with it all we can have the rose, the lily, the sparrow and the horse. We have grown to love the sunburnt brownness of our plains, the grape-blue mountains, the aromatic bush. . . . There is variety enough from the karri forests of south-west Western Australia to the rippled hills of glittering mica, the moving sand, red or gamboge, the gibber deserts of the Centre, to the cattle stations, the sugar-cane and the coral reefs of Queensland; from the classical landscape of the Riverina to the crocodile-infested rivers of the Northern Territory. The oldest earth above sea level is to be found in Australia. In the nor'-west there is a soil called laterite which is beyond all fertility, but there are also deserts that, given water, will flourish spontaneously with grass and flowers and succulents or, in the irrigation areas, with the fruits of the Northern Hemisphere. (Geologists have classified over 1,000,000 square miles as desert and have labelled onethird of Australia as unusable.) There is more snow country in Australia than in the British Isles. There are rain-forests and patches of tropical vegetation to be found, alternating with indigenous scrub, all down the east coast of the continent. The seeds of tropical plants and ferns, it is said, are carried by migrating birds. The result can be like a split personality. There is every sort of climate, from Tasmania where snow can fall on Christmas Day to the heavy wet heat of the Gulf of Carpentaria.

I've Not Failed Poster

2007-10-17T02:41:00.002-07:00

I've Not Failed Poster
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Personal challenges can be as close as the next step we take. For most of us walking is automatic, but not so for the woman whose leg has been amputated. The failures we are willing to risk vary according to circumstance. Which pain, or sorrow, or disappointment do we need to face? It is easy to avoid facing our own particular fear of not making it.

What is our greatest fear? Whether we realize it or not, we are all afraid of one thing: not being authentic to ourselves. The effort to live up to self-designed expectations is at the heart of personal wholeness. To speak of authenticity in this manner is not to raise the question of a proper vocation or the achievement of excellence: It refers, rather, to the need for congruity between inner self and outward behavior. As we grow older, it is easier to live according to minimum expectations, rather than rise to the challenge of matching inner dreams with outward behavior. Authenticity equals possibility; inauthenticity leads us to deadness.

Perseverance Cliffhanger Poster

2007-10-17T02:41:00.001-07:00

Perseverance: Cliffhanger Art Print
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When a person is designated as an overachiever, it is often implied that his achievements derive more from his perseverance than from his aptitude or his intelligence. In terms of our model, this can occur when the learning task can be broken down into a series of subtasks of varying difficulty with difficulty roughly gauged in terms of average learning time. Because of his great perseverance, the overachiever masters to a criterion more of the easy tasks -- tasks which are within the compass of his aptitude -- than the student of average perseverance. While he may fail to learn some of the more difficult tasks, the net result may be a high score on an achievement test -- a score considerably higher than predicted from aptitude measures. This concept of overachievement is distinctly different from the concept of overachievement suggested previously; responsible users of the terms must clearly state which of these meanings they intend.

We have a feeling about the relative amenability of different factors in achievement to manipulation or treatment: "Aptitude" is regarded as relatively resistant to change, whereas it is the hope of the psychologist that he can readily intervene to modify "perseverance," "quality of instruction," or "opportunity for learning." To some extent, this feeling is justified not only by logic but also by research findings -- by the research on the apparent constancy of the IQ, on the effect of various instructional variables, etc. On the other hand if aptitude is largely a matter of prior learnings, it may be more modifiable than we think, whereas, conversely, some kinds of clinical findings suggest that motivational characteristics of the individual may be much harder to change than one might think. These considerations, however, need not detract from the basic utility of the concepts of underachievement and overachievement. The concept of "underachievement" does not automatically imply the possiblity of remediation any more than the concept of illness does. Some patients never get well, and some underachievers remain underachievers.

Determination Little Pine Poster

2007-10-17T02:39:00.000-07:00

Determination: Little Pine Art Print
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Let us take a glance at the different uses of 'causation' and 'determination', two concepts that are frequently regarded as equivalent although some philosophers have acknowledged their difference. In actual use the word 'determination' designates various concepts, among which the following are particularly relevant to our discussion: (a) property or characteristic; (b) necessary connection, and (c) process whereby an object has become what it is--or way in which an object acquires its determinations in sense (a).

In its first acceptation, 'determination' is synonymous with 'characteristic', whether qualitative or quantitative; this is what determinatio meant in post-Roman Latin, and in this way it is used in various European languages, notably in German. In this sense, that is determinate which has definite characteristics and can consequently be characterized unambiguously; when applied to descriptions and definitions, 'determinate' is used as an equivalent of precise or definite, in contradistinction to vague.

But in science the most frequent use of the word 'determination' that is relevant to our concern seems to be that of constant and unique connection among things or events, or among states or qualities of things, as well as among ideal objects. (Thus, for instance, machines that run regular and reproducible--hence fully predictable--courses have been called determinate. Their successive states follow one another in a constant and unique way to the exclusion of new, unexpected states--contrarily to indeterminate machines, whose states are only statistically determined and constitute moreover an open set, that is, one admitting new elements.) If by necessary is meant that which is constant and unique in a connection, then in sense (b) the word 'determination' amounts to necessary connection.

Diversity Poster

2007-10-17T02:37:00.002-07:00

Diversity Poster
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Such extreme differences might produce consistent behavioral correlations which are based on that complex of physiological, genetic, environmental, and cultural factors which undoubtedly account for the diversity of mankind. But any conclusions which stressed genetic causality to the exclusion of other factors would probably be wrong, for genes alone do not determine phenotypes.

There is often agreement as well as disagreement among men as to what courses of action, what objects of sense-perception and of human creation, and what human thoughts and statements are to be valued more highly than others. Whatever diversity there may be, nearly all men are agreed that some of these things are to be valued more highly than others. Another way of stating the same facts is to say that there are formal universals roughly corresponding to goodness, beauty, and truth. It is a manifest fact that each of us seeks to know the truth, a fact about the human situation which explains why truth is an entrenched concept.

I Am Poster Poster

2007-10-17T02:37:00.001-07:00

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The spirit of the age might find characteristic expression in some such words as these: Let us not concern ourselves with idle speculation in reference to things which the mind of man can never compass and understand. Why busy ourselves concerning the deeper significance and purpose of nature which our thought is utterly incapable of penetrating? While we may observe and classify the phenomena of nature, and formulate the laws of their behaviour, we can never hope to comprehend their inner meaning, forever veiled and obscure. Nature, which seems so near -- of which, indeed, we ourselves are a part -- nevertheless lies far beyond our ken.

All objects which move into our ken, the mind invests with the characteristic features of space and time. If any objects should show themselves under any other possible conditions, they could find no place in consciousness. While space and time are subjective conditions imposed upon experience, they are, nevertheless, real; as real as the objects themselves which appear in consciousness. What may be behind the series of appearances which constitute experience and what may be the real nature of things in themselves is another question. This, at least, can be said, that whatever reality the appearances of objects in consciousness may possess, the same reality attaches to the ideas of space and time, which are the necessary presuppositions of the possibility of such appearances.

Integrity Wave Poster

2007-10-17T02:34:00.001-07:00

Integrity: Wave Art Print
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Integrity is nothing but reality. Because there really is the principle [outside us] there really is the thing, and therefore the function. Because there really is the principle [within us] there really is the idea [literally 'mind'], and therefore the action. These are both examples of 'by fathoming the beginning you understand the end.

Integrity is not conceived as a substance like the mind and nature, and the principles of which they consist; it is the state of man when all these are as they should be. We have more than once noticed the difficulty with which the Neo-Confucians distinguish substances from qualities and states, and quoted a case in which Chu Hsi deals with it by means of the terms "solid word" (representing a substance) and "void word". In connection with integrity, Chu Hsi says:

"'Nature' is solid, 'integrity' is void. 'Nature' is a name for principle; 'integrity' is a name for an excellence. If you compare the nature to this fan, integrity may be compared to this fan being properly made."

Yi-ch'uan explains integrity as meaning that the mind is one:

"Making the mind one is what is meant by integrity."

"To make unity the ruling consideration is called composure; unity is called integrity."

"'Knowledge, benevolence, courage, these three, are the virtues required of all under heaven. The means by which they are practised is being one.' To be one is integrity; it is simply to realize these three. Outside the three there is no other integrity."

Winners Poster

2007-10-17T02:33:00.001-07:00

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When our teams win, we become winners and our identity is assured. We are all one. It is not uncommon for a fan to say something like, "Whom do we play tonight?" as if he or she is on the team. His or her identity is complete. The magic of being a fan is that you are in a no-lose situation because if your team doesn't win you can be an instant expert. It is hard to mention a sports fan who does not have the solution to his team's problem. "We need more pitching," "If we had another good receiver, we would have no trouble," "One more rebounder and we're in." Name the problem; the fan has the answer. Fans go undefeated, it is only their teams that lose.

Some teams and individuals are simply more skilled and/or motivated than others regardless of where they play. However, whether a team finishes the season with a winning or losing record is often a consequence of a team's home performance. Most coaches and players count themselves fortunate if they can break even on their road games. What separates winners from losers is the ability to win at home. Those teams with the best records in sports are those who prevail much more than half the time on their own field, whereas teams with losing records are those who do not take advantage of their home field.

The compulsive need to win allows no room for the loser's self-esteem and dignity. Because the consequences of losing are so demeaning and humiliating in compulsive competition, defeat must be avoided at all costs. Therefore, the threat of losing, for compulsive winners, leads easily in sports to hostility, cheating, disparaging, blaming others, complaining, and rationalizing in urgent efforts to ward off feelings of self-contempt, or the projected contempt and hostility of others.

It's All About Character Poster

2007-10-17T02:30:00.000-07:00

It's All About Character Poster
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Character is not a mechanical way of doing things imposed by society upon individuals. Neither is it a sort of super-social will which an individual imposes upon society. It is rather a deliberate responsiveness to social need, a responsiveness which looks toward a social ideal that has been consciously adopted by the individual as his own. Such responsiveness is not original in man's nature. Neither can it be forced upon a man by law or custom. Law and custom alone would tend to make the individual mechanically responsive, not deliberately and freely responsive, to the needs of society. One who is trained merely to obey orders has no character at all. He is only a tool, a machine. Democracy is a theory of character as well as a theory of social organization. The two things go together. The individual is the sort of person the state allows him to become. The state is the kind of state that its individual members make it. Autocratic forms of social organization cannot allow individual freedom, or character, among subjects. A state whose members possessed "character" would not be an autocracy. Democracy is character in terms of social organization. Character is democracy in terms of its individual components. They are two aspects of the identical thing. Democracy, except as an ideal, is not something which exists in the world independently of the character of its individual members. Nor is character something which exists in individuals independently of their life in social groups. Men achieve character only by living together, and by exactly the same process and at the same time they are a society or social group. If the individuals in the group live together by exploiting one another, or by submitting to some external authority, or by training some members to obey and others to rule, we have neither character nor democracy. But if they live together by deliberately co-operating for the common good, submitting to the common will, and training all to serve, each according to his ability, we have both character and democracy.