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Quotes by Educator
"It is necessary to be concerned about the importance of educating a really beautiful human spirit."
"Art is not in some far-off place. A work of art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability."
"Art exists for the human species. I think that all of the people who love art, those who teach art, and all of you should burn with the obligation to save the world."
"Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill."
"The fate of a child is in the hands of his parents."
"A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which God, in his infinite mercy, has seen fit to place us, to be perfectly resigned to our lot in life, whatever it may be."
"To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence."
"The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge."
"But human nature is not to be totally changed even by such a force as the Reformation."
"Creativity seems to emerge from multiple experiences, coupled with a well-supported development of personal resources, including a sense of freedom to venture beyond the known."
"Our task, regarding creativity, is to help children climb their own mountains, as high as possible. No one can do more."
"One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story."
"Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement."
"I worry when athletes are simply used by their universities to produce revenue, to make money for them, nothing to show at the back end. I grew up with a lot of players who had very, very tough lives after the ball started bouncing for them. And that's why I'm going to continue to fight."
"Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best."
"It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure... Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best."
"What is important for kids to learn is that no matter how much money they have, earn, win, or inherit, they need to know how to spend it, how to save it, and how to give it to others in need. This is what handling money is about, and this is why we give kids an allowance."
"Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they say they are going to do."
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"Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it."
"The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the process."
"If kids come to educators and teachers from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important."
"I never felt that getting angry would do you any good other than hurt your own digestion, keep you from eating, which I liked to do."
"O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger more. But while the loitering idler waits Good luck beside his fire, The bold heart storms at fortune's gates, And conquers its desire."
"Solomon's temple also was designed to increase the attractiveness of the city of his residence."
"Until the building of Solomon's temple the unity of worship according to it had, properly speaking, never had any existence; and, moreover, it is easy to read between the lines that even after that date it was more a pious wish than a practical demand."
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