“What’s right isn’t always popular, and what’s popular isn’t always right.” ~~ Mahatma Gandhi
Filed Under: Character, Choices, Determination, Mahatma Gandhi
Education Quotes
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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“What’s right isn’t always popular, and what’s popular isn’t always right.” ~~ Mahatma Gandhi
Filed Under: Character, Choices, Determination, Mahatma Gandhi
“You always pass failure on the way to success.” ~~ Mickey Rooney
Filed Under: Mickey Rooney, Risk, Success
“Don’t set your wit against a child.” ~~ Jonathan Swift
Filed Under: Children, Intelligence, Jonathan Swift
“If you want to do it, you can do it. The question is, do you want to do it? Nellie Bly
Filed Under: Choices, Determination, Goals, Nellie Bly, Success
“In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.” ~~ Dalai Lama
Filed Under: Dalai Lama, Tolerance
“Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity.” ~~Deborah Meier
Filed Under: Deborah Meier, Education, Enthusiasm, Experience
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” ~~ Maya Angelou
Filed Under: Attitude, Change, Maya Angelou
“It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine.” ~~ Anne Sullivan
Filed Under: Anne Sullivan, Parenting, Teaching