“I tell people I’m too stupid to know what’s impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.” ~~ Debi Thomas
Filed Under: Attitude, Debi Thomas, Determination, Dreams, Enthusiasm
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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“I tell people I’m too stupid to know what’s impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.” ~~ Debi Thomas
Filed Under: Attitude, Debi Thomas, Determination, Dreams, Enthusiasm
“It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a famous master in music whose works I have not frequently and diligently studied.” ~~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Filed Under: Achievement, Art, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.” ~~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Filed Under: Health, Napoleon Bonaparte
“After all is said and done, more is said than done.” ~~ Aesop
Filed Under: Aesop, Charity, Choices, Determination, Life
“What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.” ~~ George Bernard Shaw
Filed Under: Children, Education, George Bernard Shaw, Knowledge, Learning
“Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.” ~~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Filed Under: Leadership, Martin Luther King Jr
“Do one thing every day that scares you.” ~~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Filed Under: Eleanor Roosevelt, Limits, Self-Discipline, Values
“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.” ~~ Mahatma Ghandi
Filed Under: Children, Mahatma Gandhi, Peace