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Passion
Teaching is not
a profession; it's a passion. | |
Perfection
Pleasure in the
job puts perfection in the work. | |
PerseverenceLife is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. Author: Henry Ford (1863-1953) founder of Ford Motor Company | ||
PleasureIt has always
seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about
education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an
educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able
to be caught up into the world of thought--that is to be
educated.
Edith Hamilton | |
PrepareA good education
is not so much one which prepares a man to succeed in the world, as
one which enables him to sustain a failure.
Bernard Iddings Bell Chaplain, University of Chicago | |
Press onNothing in the
world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing
is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not;
unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not the world
is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone
are omnipotent. The slogan, 'Press on,' has solved and always will
solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin Coolidge | |
Prosperity
If I were asked
... to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of
Americans ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply: To the
superiority of their women. | |
ProverbIf you are
planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade,
plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate
people.
Chinese proverb | |
Provisions
Education is
the best provision for old age. | |