"Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all."

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Source : James Anthony Froude (1872). “Short Studies on Great Subjects”, p.317

James Anthony Froude

#Inspirational Quotes #Teacher Quotes #Mistake Quotes

“Only the brave should teach....Teaching is a vocation. It is as sacred as priesthood; as innate a desire, as inescapable as the genius which compels a great artist. If he has not the concern for humanity, the love of living creatures, the vision of the priest and the artist, he must not teach.”
“For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy.”
“I want to write music that's going to appeal to everyone.”
“Clary, you're an artist, like your mother. That means you see the world in ways that other people don't. It's your gift, to see the beauty and the horror in ordinary things. It doesn't make you crazy â€” just different. There's nothing wrong with being different.”
“Science usually operates in sort of three modes, things that are well established, we know what we're talking about, more highly confident. There are competing explanations, we have a pretty good idea, but we're not sure. And then things are speculative.”
“What has changed is that nothing has changed... that's what has made me more unhappy than everything else.”
“I am not lucky. I am the type who would go to Lourdes and drown in the waters.”
“If you can't say anything nice, at least have the decency to be vague.”

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