"The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teachers."

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Source : Harvey Cushing (1940). “Consecratio Medici: And Other Papers”

Harvey Cushing

#Teacher Quotes #Stress Quotes #Educational Quotes

“The best way to GET forgiveness is to GIVE forgiveness.”
“I don't see America as a mainland, but as a sea, a big ocean. Sometimes a storm arises, a formidable current develops, and it seems it will engulf everything. Wait a moment, another current will appear and bring the first one to naught.”
“All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.”
“I'm a writer, so I like dissecting things.”
“This is, in theory, still a free country, but our politically correct, censorious times are such that many of us tremble to give vent to perfectly acceptable views for fear of condemnation. Freedom of speech is thereby imperiled, big questions go undebated, and great lies become accepted, unequivocally as great truths.”
“Success is a process that continues, not a status that you reach. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.”
“Little old lady got mutilated late last night, werewolves of London, again.”
“I'm listening to Gogol Bordello, which is totally random, but I love him. Just finished the new Joan Didion book, Blue Nights, which I loved. I haven't been to the movies in God knows how long. I haven't been doing anything but living in a bubble, making jewelry!”

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