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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.”
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“Be in charge of your own destiny, or some one else will.” ~~ Jack Welch
“My heart is singing for joy this morning. A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil’s mind, and behold, all things are changed.” ~~ Anne Sullivan
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” ~~ Plutarch
“Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.” ~~ Albert Camus
“Fear of a name increases fear of a thing itself.” Albus Dumbledore, in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling
“Action is the real measure of intelligence.” ~~ Napoleon Hill
“To those who do not know mathematics it is difficult to get across a real feeling as to the beauty, the deepest beauty, of nature … If you want to learn about nature, to appreciate nature, it is necessary to understand the language that she speaks in.” ~~ Richard Feynman
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