“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” ~~ Aristotle
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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“It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little
stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person.” ~~ Edith Hamilton
“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” ~~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” ~~ Frederick Douglass
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” ~~ Theodore Parker, paraphrased by Martin Luther King, Jr.
“It’s every man’s business to see justice done.” ~~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“Justice is truth in action.” ~~ Benjamin Disraeli
“Man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” ~~ Robert Browning
