“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are far more than our abilities.” ~~ Albus Dumbledore to Harry Potter, by J. K. Rowling in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
Filed Under: Character, Choices, J. K. Rowling
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 the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” ~~ Albert Einstein
“You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.” ~~ John Adams
“If we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, then we may wish to set up conditions of learning which make for uniqueness.” ~~ Carl Rogers
“Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.” ~~ Mark Twain
“Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose – not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember.” ~~ Anne Sullivan
“The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher.” ~~ Anne Sullivan
“You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” ~~ A. A. Milne
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