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This collection of education quotes was inspired by the following quote from William Butler Yeats:

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”

Welcome. I am Barbara Feldman, a syndicated newspaper columnist, online publisher, blogger, tech evangelist, empty-nest mom and wife. Read more.

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“Our task is to educate their (our students) whole being so they can face the future. We may not see the future, but they will and our job is to help them make something of it.” ~~ Sir Ken Robinson

 

Filed Under: Education, Sir Ken Robinson



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“Be yourself. Who else is better qualified? You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” ~~ Beverly Sills

 

Filed Under: Beverly Sills, Character, Determination, Risk, Success

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“Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.” ~~ Jane Austen

 

Filed Under: Jane Austen

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“Are you really sure that a floor can’t also be a ceiling?” ~~ M.C. Escher

 

Filed Under: Art, Imagination, M.C. Escher



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“Preparation, I have often said, is rightly two-thirds of any venture.” ~~   Amelia Earhart

 

Filed Under: Amelia Earhart, Determination, Goals, Limits

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“Yield.” ~~ Regina Brett

 

Filed Under: Attitude, Regina Brett

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“When one door closes, another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” ~~ Alexander Graham Bell

 

Filed Under: Alexander Graham Bell, Attitude

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“If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.” ~~ Regina Brett

 

Filed Under: Character, Choices, Love, Regina Brett

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