Cynthia Lewis famous quotes

Every piece of the puzzle that doesn't fit gets you closer to the answer.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Teaching #Pieces #Answers

If you want pancakes for breakfast, offer to help make them.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Learning #Breakfast #Want

It feels a lot colder when you're shoveling snow than when you're building a snow fort.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Teaching #Snow #Building

It's easier to knock on a door that's not shut all the way.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Teaching #Doors #Way

It's easier to see the mistake on someone else's paper.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Mistake #Teaching #Paper

It's easier to throw sticks on the campfire than to try to restart it when it goes out.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Teaching #Trying #Sticks

It's more fun to color outside the lines.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Fun #Teaching #Color

Nobody can pedal the bike for you.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Teaching #Pedals #Bike

Shortcuts aren't always.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Teaching #Shortcuts

If you want to zoom down the expert slope tomorrow, you have to fall down the bunny slope today.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Fall #Teaching #Zoom

If you keep missing, get closer to the basket.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Teaching #Missing #Baskets

Getting lost teaches you how to read a map.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Teaching #Maps #Getting Lost

As soon as you understand 2 x 4 you can't believe there was a time when you didn't understand it.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Believe #Teaching

A tiny hole can empty a great big bucket.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Teaching #Buckets #Tiny

You don't get to decide your part in the school play, but you do get to decide whether or not you play it well.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#School #Play #Aging

You can teach an old dog new tricks with the right kind of doggie treats.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Dog #Aging #Kind

One thing you can't pretend to be is funny.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Personality

Hitting the kid with the ball might get you the ball, but it won't get you anyone to throw it to.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Kids #Personality #Balls

Flowers and pricker bushes grow out of the same dust.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Flower #Dust #Personality

Don't say "The last one there is a rotten egg": unless you're absolutely sure there's a slow kid behind you.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Kids #Eggs #Personality

It doesn't count if your swing is going the highest if you're getting pushed.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Reality #Swings #Accepting

Every time you swim out to the rock, it gets a little closer.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Rocks #Assessment #Swim

Nobody notices it when your zipper is up, but everyone notices when it's down.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Assessment #Zippers

If you wait until you're really sure, you'll never take off the training wheels.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Learning #Waiting #Training

Don't expect a stranger to wipe your nose.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Learning #Noses #Wipe

Believing in the Tooth Fairy is easier than trying to figure out how else the money gets under your pillow.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Believe #Learning #Trying

You'll have a lot more respect for a bird after you try making a nest.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Bird #Trying #Nests

They'll remember you if you're the best reader in class-or if you throw up at lunch.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Class #Lunch #Remember

The teacher can always tell when you did your homework on the bus.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Teacher #Homework #Bus

Look at the footprints you've made.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Looks #Aging #Footprint

Whiners usually play alone.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Play #Aging #Whiners

You can either keep peddling, get off the bike or fall over.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Fall #Aging #Peddling

Ten minutes is short if it's a recess and long if it's a punishment.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Teaching #Punishment #Long

The longer the test the better you feel when it's over.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Teaching #Tests #Feels

The path you're on looks different when you turn around.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Teaching #Different #Looks

Even babies like to grab for things just beyond their reach.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Baby

If the horse you're drawing looks more like a dog, make it a dog.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Dog #Horse #Drawing

It's not enough to be able to spell "magnificence" in your bedroom. You have to be able to spell it at the microphone during the spelling bee.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Bees #Magnificence #Able

Sometimes it's smart to be scared.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Smart #Scared #Sometimes

Crawling still gets you there.
-- Cynthia Lewis

#Aging #Crawling #Stills