“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will
lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.” ~~ David M. Burns
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.”
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“Be in charge of your own destiny, or some one else will.” ~~ Jack Welch
“A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” ~~ Eleanor Roosevelt
“Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.” ~~ W. B. Yeats
“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.” ~~ Neil Armstrong
“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” ~~ Claude Monet
“There was never a good war or a bad peace.” ~~ Benjamin Franklin
“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” ~~ Thumper’s father
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