“If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us we’d be millionaires.” ~~Abigail Van Buren
Filed Under: Abigail Van Buren, Experience
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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“If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us we’d be millionaires.” ~~Abigail Van Buren
Filed Under: Abigail Van Buren, Experience
“There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.” ~~ Marva Collins
Filed Under: Children, Love, Marva Collins, Teaching
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” ~~ Amelia Earhart
Filed Under: Amelia Earhart, Determination
“The kids in our classroom are infinitely more significant than the subject matter we teach.” ~~ Meladee McCarty
Filed Under: Children, Education, Learning, Meladee McCarty, Teaching
“I’m through accepting limits ‘cuz someone says they’re so. Some things I cannot change but ’till I try, I’ll never know!” ~~ Elphaba in the song Defying Gravity from the musical Wicked (music and lyrics written by Stephen Schwartz)
Filed Under: Limits, Stephen Schwartz
“There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.” ~~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
Filed Under: Attitude, Experience, Fyodor Dostoevsky
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” ~~ Anais Nin
Filed Under: Anais Nin, Attitude, Experience, Life
“It’s not enough to be busy… the question is: what are we busy about?” ~~ Henry David Thoreau
Filed Under: Choices, Determination, Goals, Henry David Thoreau, Life