Meaningful Quotes: Education
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut. (Albert Einstein)
"The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings." (Wendell Berry)
"[S]ome people without brains do an awful amount of talking, don't they?" (Scarecrow, Wizard of Oz)
"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul." (Joyce Carol Oates).
"Don't place your mistakes on your head; their weight may crush you. Instead, place them under your feet and use them as a platform to view your horizons." (Unknown)
“Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, and a scarred or crooked oak will tell of the act for centuries to come. So it is with the teachings of youth, which make impressions on the mind and heart that are to last forever.” (Henri Frederic Amiel)
“Every step forward begins with a foot planted firmly in the past.” (Auggie Anderson, Covert Affairs)
“If a man empties his purse in his head, no man can take it away from him.” (Benjamin Franklin)
“Teachers open the door. You enter yourself.” (Chinese Proverb)
“In education, we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.” (William Allen White)
“If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.” (Norman Douglas)
“The mind is not a vessel to to be filled, but a fire to be ignited.” (Plutarch)
“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots; the other wings.” (Hodding Carter)
“We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.” (Ben Sweetland)
"The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings." (Wendell Berry)
"[S]ome people without brains do an awful amount of talking, don't they?" (Scarecrow, Wizard of Oz)
"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul." (Joyce Carol Oates).
"Don't place your mistakes on your head; their weight may crush you. Instead, place them under your feet and use them as a platform to view your horizons." (Unknown)
“Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, and a scarred or crooked oak will tell of the act for centuries to come. So it is with the teachings of youth, which make impressions on the mind and heart that are to last forever.” (Henri Frederic Amiel)
“Every step forward begins with a foot planted firmly in the past.” (Auggie Anderson, Covert Affairs)
“If a man empties his purse in his head, no man can take it away from him.” (Benjamin Franklin)
“Teachers open the door. You enter yourself.” (Chinese Proverb)
“In education, we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.” (William Allen White)
“If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.” (Norman Douglas)
“The mind is not a vessel to to be filled, but a fire to be ignited.” (Plutarch)
“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots; the other wings.” (Hodding Carter)
“We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.” (Ben Sweetland)