Cynthia Lewis Quotes

Look at the footprints you've made.

Getting lost teaches you how to read a map.

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

Shortcuts aren't always.

Don't expect a stranger to wipe your nose.

If you want to see a shooting star, you might have to spend a lot of nights looking up.

Crawling still gets you there.

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

It's more fun to color outside the lines.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Before you trade sandwiches, check between the bread.

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

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

Nobody can pedal the bike for you.

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

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

If you keep missing, get closer to the basket.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Whiners usually play alone.

A tiny hole can empty a great big bucket.

Flowers and pricker bushes grow out of the same dust.

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

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

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

Sometimes it's smart to be scared.

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