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    Paulo Coelho
    “It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
    tags: inspirational
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    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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    George Eliot
    “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
    ― George Eliot
    tags: inspirational, misattributed, source-unknown
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    Joseph Conrad
    “Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
    ― Joseph Conrad, Chance
    tags: women
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    Paulo Coelho
    “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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    C.S. Lewis
    “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
    ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
    tags: friendship, inspirational
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    Neil Gaiman
    “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
    ― Neil Gaiman
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    Robert Louis Stevenson
    “Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
    ― Robert Louis Stevenson
    tags: day, inspirational, judge, plant, reap, seed, seeds, sow
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    At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.
    “At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.”
    ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
    tags: appreciation, excuses, gratitude, inspirational, life, motivational, no-regrets, seize-the-day, success
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    Albert Einstein
    “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: education, knowledge-wisdom, learning, school, science, wisdom
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning
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    Dr. Seuss
    “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
    ― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
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    Albert Einstein
    “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: knowledge, learning, understanding, wisdom
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    Benjamin Franklin
    “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
    tags: learning, mentoring, parenting, teacher
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    Robert Frost
    “I am not a teacher, but an awakener.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning, mentoring
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    Jim Henson
    “[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.”
    ― Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider
    tags: childhood, education, learning, teaching
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    Socrates
    “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: education, enlightenment, learning, lifelong-learning, mentorship
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    Stanley Kubrick
    “I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.”
    ― Stanley Kubrick
    tags: education, fear, interest, learning
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    Aristotle
    “Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: learning
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    Leonardo da Vinci
    “Learning never exhausts the mind.”
    ― Leonardo da Vinci
    tags: learning
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    J.A. Konrath
    “One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit.”
    ― J. A. Konrath
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    Barbara Kingsolver
    “I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room.”
    ― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible
    tags: learning
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    Albert Einstein
    “It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom. Without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: creativity, education, learning, regimentation
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: cicero, learning, roman, school, study
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    Brigham Young
    “Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.”
    ― Brigham Young
    tags: education, learning
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    Abigail Adams
    “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.”
    ― Abigail Adams
    tags: education, learning
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  • #27
    John Fitzgerald Kennedy
    “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

    [Undelivered remarks for Dallas Trade Mart, November 22 1963]”
    ― John F. Kennedy
    tags: leadership, learning
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  • #28
    The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
    “The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.”
    ― B.B. King
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  • #29
    Dan Brown
    “Small minds have always lashed out at what they don't understand.”
    ― Dan Brown
    tags: knowledge, learning
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  • #30
    Spencer W. Kimball
    “We learn to do by doing.”
    ― Spencer W. Kimball
    tags: learning
    86 likes



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