“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” ~~ Abraham Lincoln
Filed Under: Abraham Lincoln, Determination, Self-Discipline
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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“That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.” ~~ Doris Lessing
“Children need models rather than critics.” ~~ Joseph Joubert
“I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.~~ Martha Washington
“Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.” ~~ Tallulah Bankhead
“Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then…do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.” ~~ Lee Iacocca
“The road to wisdom? Well, it’s plain and simple to express: Err and err again but less and less and less.” ~~ Piet Hein
“Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity. ” ~~ Elvis Presley
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