“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~~ Marcel Proust
Filed Under: Friendship, Gratitude, Happiness, Marcel Proust
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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“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~~ Marcel Proust
Filed Under: Friendship, Gratitude, Happiness, Marcel Proust
“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.” ~~ Bertrand Russell
Filed Under: Bertrand Russell, Change, Freedom
“The test and the use of man’s education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.” ~~ Jacques Barzun
Filed Under: Education, Jacques Barzun
“History is a race between education and catastrophe.” ~~ H. G. Wells
Filed Under: Education, H. G. Wells, Knowledge, Learning, Life, Teaching
“All that matters is you have harnessed the indomitable power of being ready, willing and able.” ~~ Sekou Andrew
Filed Under: Attitude, Sekou Andrews
“Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.” ~~ Regina Brett
Filed Under: Character, Choices, Life, Regina Brett
“Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.” ~~ Henry David Thoreau
Filed Under: Character, Friendship, Henry David Thoreau
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” ~~ Abraham Maslow
Filed Under: Abraham Maslow, Attitude, Limits