"One way in which Americans have always been exceptional has been in our support for education. First we took the lead in universal primary education; then the 'high school movement' made us the first nation to embrace widespread secondary education"

-- Paul Krugman

#Education Quotes #School Quotes #Support Quotes

“I have just created something totally illogical.”

Source : "Fictional character: Ray Kinsella". "Field of Dreams", www.imdb.com. 1989.
“Donâ€™t expect to get anything back, donâ€™t expect recognition for your efforts, donâ€™t expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Act because you need to act”
“The difference between shallow happiness and a deep, sustaining joy is sorrow. Happiness lives where sorrow is not. When sorrow arrives, happiness dies. It can't stand pain. Joy, on the other hand, rises from sorrow and therefore can withstand all grief. Joy, by the grace of God, is the transfiguration of suffering into endurance, and of endurance into character, and of character into hope--and the hope that has become our joy does not (as happiness must for those who depend up on it) disappoint us.”

Source : Walter Wangerin (1993). “Measuring the days: daily reflections with Walter Wangerin, Jr”, Harpercollins
“Faith? Haven't any. I'm not a nihilist or a relativist. I don't believe in anything but change. I'm a Heraclitean - you can't step in the same river twice.”
“The tail of the comet slashed the dawn and in the red light of the rising sun, for a brief instant, it seemed as if the comet was bleeding across the sky.”

Source : Kathryn Lasky (2010). “Guardians of Ga'Hoole Collection: Legend of the Guardians”, p.323, Scholastic Inc.
“I think that many managers we meet do take their roles as leaders very seriously and do a lot for their people. And they try to hone their skills by reading books and attending training. But then again, the number one problem is we get busy. We tend to forget that collectively we can accomplish more than we could ever do alone, and we need our people to feel a part of a positive, productive culture.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“Moral excellence has no regard to classes and professions.”

Source : Harriet Martineau (1838). “How to Observe: Morals and Manners”, p.85, Transaction Publishers
“In a thousand years time this day will have existed for a thousand years to the day. And the ignorance of the whole world about what they've said today will have a date too.”

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