45 Quotes & Sayings By Scott Hastie

Scott Hastie is a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Colorado. His research interests include leadership, professional development, and teacher effectiveness. He is currently writing a dissertation on the influence of organizational culture on teacher effectiveness. Scott is a member of the National Science Foundation's Teacher Incentive Project, an initiative designed to improve teacher effectiveness through policy recommendations Read more

Scott also serves as a research assistant for Colorado's Colorado Learning Collaborative, a project aimed at improving Colorado's public education system through innovative strategies and practices in education and leadership. Scott received his B.A. in history from the University of Colorado and his M.A.

and Ph.D. in leadership studies from Colorado State University.

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Be brave enough to never yearn For that you cannot hold close In your heart forever. Tread lightly, cherish compassion And live in the moment without fear. Scott Hastie
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A stream of primal voices Whispering in the breeze of your heart To urge you on. Scott Hastie
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To have been where you have been And to still have joy, Dazzling in your heart, Now there’s a thing to make the whole world smile. Scott Hastie
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The sacred bequest Of times long spent with your heart That saturate and illuminate you now So piercingly… Scott Hastie
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Be content to love, to dazzle in the light, If only for moments… And then be gone, With gladness in your heart, Before the creeping shadows Claim too much your sadness at leaving. Scott Hastie
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Open the doors of your heart and they will come… And for every cruel arrow, Sweet caresses of delirium also To nourish your soul. Scott Hastie
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Disparate energies come together That have never been aligned before. And so bound, Is the world illuminated, Changed forever in an instant… Scott Hastie
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Here, illuminated at last, Nestles the ruddy glint of spiritual certainty; Sweet moments of passion and healing, Of sensual release. Scott Hastie
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And so we smile on, Feeding the truths we share With a union of our souls, Cathedral slaves of our passion Which builds beauty amongst chaos. Scott Hastie
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Such is true joy’s absolute certainty, Its slow lit fuse that burns holes In the shabby shroud of death forever. Scott Hastie
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Every new day Our children's joy is as fresh as roses, Even the birds chatter at dawn. Scott Hastie
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For every moment of suffering, Others will arrive That will instead pierce you with joy. Scott Hastie
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Life, wherever it leads, Will always be the same, It begs for the best of you. Scott Hastie
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Birth our night into day And bathe it clean, So that beloved things can glow Together in a litter of light. Scott Hastie
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We too can repair our cracks with gold And glow again. Crazed by life, More beautiful than ever before. Scott Hastie
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Everyday can be extraordinary And ripe, Like a flower burst, If the will is there. Scott Hastie
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Sense how Even the smooth stones ache With stories of their own In the shuddering light of day. Scott Hastie
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Ultimately not one amongst us Will ever be denied that, The glimmer of a chance to shine. Scott Hastie
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When in love or inspired, An eternal kiss from the divine Awaits us all. Scott Hastie
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Once spun, The silken thread of all our aspirations Remains intact, It can never be broken. Scott Hastie
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Nothing that truly matters Can ever evaporate, Be excised, Burnt out of your soul. Scott Hastie
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Be as audacious As you wish. By all means look to the heavens. Scott Hastie
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In this life at least, Our fate is rarely epic. Maybe just as well, Impervious heroes we are not… Scott Hastie
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A permanent path That, once illuminated, Goes ever onward — a way home… Scott Hastie
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How stubborn life is, It clings like silver in our souls. Scott Hastie
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The sea, the sea… Man alone, Passive, unaware In his elemental sadness. Scott Hastie
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Where once there was a void, Now at least there are Seeds of splendour, Becalmed belief for another time. Scott Hastie
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The searing light of morning Asks unwelcome questions, Fragile hopes soon blistered by daylight. Scott Hastie
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The light needs only our trust And, of course, the darkness To work its eternal alchemy. Scott Hastie
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Paradise is no whim. It takes time and trust, You see. Scott Hastie
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The gilded spiral Of longings within. Our very own cathedral That points persistently to heaven. Scott Hastie
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I am sad, like the hot dust on the streets And the music of fresh fallen leaves Caught in a sliding summer breeze. Scott Hastie
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On the canvas of life, Every sweep of the brush matters, Counts for something… Scott Hastie
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Soothing the exhaustion In my soul, So I can fall back skyward, Safe in your arms, And survive to dream again. Scott Hastie
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Let us have no guilt Left to waste For dreaming still. Scott Hastie
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Mislaid flame of tender emotions Rekindled. Together we live to the point of tears, I wouldn’t want it any other way. Scott Hastie
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There can be no law of nature, no science, No aberrant infliction of human will That unchained the soul cannot conquer, Simply sweep away, should it chose to. Scott Hastie
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Sacred space in which To distil, like amber, The best of your love. Scott Hastie
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I knew such a woman once, She gave me everything. Her love like a soft riot singing, She knew how to shine. Scott Hastie
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I am just like you, Destined to play my part. And leave, In the nature of my departure at least, Some kind of sweet message behind In the fathomless pattern I make. Scott Hastie
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The smiles of ancient souls That bless this, Our space to live and learn And urge us on to shine again… Scott Hastie
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A hallowed frequency within That, even in your darkest hour, You can always turn to. Scott Hastie
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Ours was such a delicious risk. My being abruptly and altogether Ecstatic and be-stilled. Scott Hastie
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Sublime moments refracted, Even if only for seconds, Caught forever in your soul. Scott Hastie