In 1999-2000 the faculty of the School of Education and Human Development at CSU Fresno held a contest, sponsored by the Bonner Center for Character Education, our School of Education and Human Development's Dean's Office, and a small grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The purpose was to identify maxims appropriate for our School's mission. The following maxims were submitted and received the most votes. They have been formally printed, framed and placed around our building.
Teachers affect eternity.
They can never tell where their influence stops. The only thing worse than not being able to see is to be able to see and having no vision. We must prepare students for their future, not for out past. Diligence is the mother of good luck. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.