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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 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



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“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” ~~ Albert Einstein

 

Filed Under: Albert Einstein, Art, Children, Creativity, Education, Enthusiasm, Knowledge, Learning, Teaching

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“You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.” ~~ John Adams

 

Filed Under: Attitude, John Adams, Reading

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“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

 

Filed Under: Carl Rogers, Freedom, Knowledge, Learning



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“Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.” ~~   Mark Twain

 

Filed Under: Attitude, Enthusiasm, Humor, Mark Twain

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“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

 

Filed Under: Achievement, Anne Sullivan, Determination

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“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

 

Filed Under: Anne Sullivan, Children, Teaching

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“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

 

Filed Under: A. A. Milne, Charity, Determination, Love

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