“In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us
would have to settle for something less…” ~~ Lee Iacocca
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 is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine.” ~~ Anne Sullivan
“Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.” ~~ Regina Brett
“You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating
curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.” ~~ Clay P. Bedford
“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.” ~~ Aldous Huxley
“Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.” ~~ Regina Brett
“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” ~~ John Wayner
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” ~~ Anne Frank
