“You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?” ~~ Steven Wright
Filed Under: Attitude, Choices, Humor, Limits, Steven Wright
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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“You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?” ~~ Steven Wright
Filed Under: Attitude, Choices, Humor, Limits, Steven Wright
“Whatever you can do, or dream, you can begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” ~~ Goethe
Filed Under: Attitude, Determination, Dreams, Goethe, Inspiration
“Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.” ~~ Regina Brett
Filed Under: Attitude, Regina Brett
“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” ~~ Dorothy Parker
Filed Under: Change, Children, Dorothy Parker, Learning, Life
“His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even… knowledge, was foolproof.” ~~ J. K. Rowling in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
Filed Under: Character, J. K. Rowling, Knowledge, Learning, Limits, Teaching, Wisdom
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.” ~~ Charles Dickens, “The Tale of Two Cities”
Filed Under: Belief, Charles Dickens, Experience, Truth
“Eighty percent of success is showing up.” ~~ Woody Allen
Filed Under: Achievement, Success, Woody Allen
“Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.” ~~ David M. Burns
Filed Under: Change, David M. Burns, Limits, Risk, Success