Education Quotes
Creative Quotations from Samuel Johnson for Sep 18
A thought provoking collection of Creative Quotations from Samuel Johnson (1709-1784); born on Sep 18. English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and "Dictionary of the English Language," 1755.
Filed Under: Video
“Sometimes one wonders if we educators are focusing on the right stuff. We fuss, fret and fume over a child for getting her tenses wrong. And out there, beyond the school walls, over 800,000 adults cannot read or write.” ~~ PG Yeoh
Submitted by PG Yeoh.
Filed Under: Education, Reader Submissions, Teaching
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” ~~ Robert H. Schuller
Submitted by safaa.
Filed Under: Determination, Reader Submissions, Robert H. Schuller
“If writers were good businessmen, they’d have too much sense to be writers. ” ~~ Irvin S. Cobb, author and journalist (1876-1944)
Submitted by safaa.
Filed Under: Reader Submissions
“I’ve decided that the stuff falling through the cracks is confetti and I’m having a party!” ~~ Betsy Cañas Garmon
Submitted by Joann Barnett.
Filed Under: Humor, Reader Submissions
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Submitted by Cindy Coffey.
Filed Under: Health, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Reader Submissions, Success
“I served with General Washington in the legislature of Virginia before the revolution, and, during it, with Dr. Franklin in Congress. I never heard either of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point which was to decide the question. They laid their shoulders to the great points, knowing that the little ones would follow of themselves.
If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send 150. lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, & talk by the hour? That 150 lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected. ” ~~ Thomas Jefferson
Submitted by Whole Cloth.
Filed Under: Reader Submissions, Thomas Jefferson
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. ” ~~ John Wooden
Submitted by Tom.
Filed Under: Character, John Wooden, Reader Submissions
