“There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots, the other is wings.” ~~ Hodding Carter
Filed Under: Children, Dreams, Education, Hodding Carter
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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“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” ~~ Alexander Graham Bell
“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
“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.” ~~ John F. Kennedy
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
“Nothing happens unless first a dream.” ~~ Carl Sandburg
“To control and sort young people for the sake of institutional efficiency is to crush the human spirit.” ~~ Ron Miller
“Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.” ~~ Regina Brett
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