Quotes — Education (9 entries)

30 years from now…

Thirty years from now, it won’t matter what shoes you wore, how your hair looked, or the jeans you bought. What will matter is what you learned and how you used it.

— Author unknown

« πλ | 16 Aug 2004 »

Ambition…

Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land.

— Author unknown

« πλ | 7 Sep 2003 »

Character of a Senior…

The character of a senior can be measured in their attitude during the last four weeks of high school.

« πλ | 24 Apr 2003 »

Experience is…

Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson later.

— Author unknown

« πλ | 4 Mar 2005 »

Good teachers means two things…

Good teachers, in turn, means two things, both of them love-things. The teacher by whom students are inspired, the teacher who changes their lives, is always a double lover. He is a lover of the subject and a lover of the student. Students detect that love almost infallibly, and it is simply irresistible.

— Peter Kreeft, The God Who Loves You

« πλ | 26 Mar 2006 »

Teachers open the door…

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

— Chinese proverb

« πλ | 27 Sep 2006 »

The only good is knowledge…

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

— Socrates

« πλ | 13 Aug 2004 »

Two most important words…

Two most important words in education: fairness and hope.

— Author unknown

« πλ | 10 Jun 2003 »

Your words…

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

— Napoleon Hill [via]

« πλ | 25 Sep 2005 »