“This bridge will take you halfway there — the last few steps you will have to take yourself.” ~~ Shel Silverstein
Filed Under: Determination, Goals, Self-Discipline, Shel Silverstein
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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“Joy is not in things! It is in us!” ~~ Benjamin Franklin
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.” ~~ Kurt Vonnegut
“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” ~~ Charles Dickens
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” ~~ John F. Kennedy
“Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there.” ~~ Richard Feynman
“Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.” ~~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.” ~~ Milton Berle
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