“Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.” ~~ Albus Dumbledore, in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” by J.K. Rowling
Filed Under: Age, J. K. Rowling
Education Quotes
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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“Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.” ~~ Albus Dumbledore, in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” by J.K. Rowling
Filed Under: Age, J. K. Rowling
“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.” ~~ John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Filed Under: Courage, John F. Kennedy
“We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.” ~~ Mao Tse-Tung
Filed Under: Achievement, Attitude, Mao Tse-Tung
“Nothing happens unless first a dream.” ~~ Carl Sandburg
Filed Under: Achievement, Carl Sandbug, Dreams
“To control and sort young people for the sake of institutional efficiency is to crush the human spirit.” ~~ Ron Miller
Filed Under: Age, Children, Education, Knowledge, Learning, Ron Miller, Teaching
“Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.” ~~ Regina Brett
Filed Under: Attitude, Character, Charity, Life, Regina Brett, Time
“A little magic can take you a long way.” ~~ Roald Dahl
Filed Under: Imagination, Roald Dahl
“Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.” ~~ Maya Angelou
Filed Under: Attitude, Children, Maya Angelou, Optimism, Talent