“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.” ~~ George Washington
Filed Under: Attitude, Character, Enthusiasm, George Washington
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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“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.” ~~ George Washington
Filed Under: Attitude, Character, Enthusiasm, George Washington
“Nothing happens quite by chance. It’s a question of accretion of information and experience.” ~~ Jonas Salk
Filed Under: Achievement, Inspiration, Jonas Salk, Success, Talent
“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your
thoughts take you.” ~~ James Allen
Filed Under: Attitude, Change, Character, Choices, Determination, Experience, James Allen
“The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway.” ~~ Kent M. Keith
Filed Under: Determination, Dreams, Enthusiasm, Kent M. Keith
“Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.” ~~ Henry B. Adams
Filed Under: Children, Henry B. Adams, Parenting
“Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.” ~~ Henry David Thoreau
Filed Under: Belief, Change, Henry David Thoreau
“As a child lives today, he will live tomorrow.” ~~ John Dewey
Filed Under: Character, Children, Choices, John Dewey, Learning, Life, Parenting
“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.” ~~ Thomas A. Edison
Filed Under: Achievement, Goals, Success, Thomas A. Edison