"Teaching, I find, is not the most amusing thing on earth; in fact, with a stupid lump for a Pupil, it is about the most irksome."

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Source : Thomas Carlyle, Jane Welsh Carlyle (1909). “The Love Letters of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh”

Jane Welsh Carlyle

#Stupid Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Earth Quotes

“Nobody should be hitting lotto for 36 million dollars when we got people starving in the streets. That is not idealistic, that's just real. That is just stupid. There's no way Michael Jackson, or whoever should have thousands, millions, billions of dollars and we got people broke with two-three jobs and still can't pay bills on time. There's no way! No way these people should have planes when people don't have houses, apartments, shacks, drawers, pants!!!”
“I learned that a real friendship is not about what you can get, but what you can give.Â Real friendship is about making sacrifices and investing in people to help them improve their lives.”
“I am dedicated to the belief that it is God's will that all men should strive for wisdom in themselves, not look to it from some other. Babes, perhaps, must have their food chewed for them by a nurse, but men may drink and eat of wisdom for themselves.”
“While briskly to each patriot lip Walks eager round the inspiring flip; Delicious draught, whose pow'rs inherit The quintessence of public spirit!”

Source : John Trumbull (1839). “M'Fingal: a modern epic poem, in four cantos”, p.56
“Three jolly huntsmen, In coats of red, Rode their horses Up to bed.”
“First you write down your goal; your second job is to break down your goal into a series of steps, beginning with steps which are absurdly easy.”

Source : Fitzhugh Dodson (1977). “The You That Could Be”, New York : Pocket Books ; Markham, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks
“And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.”
“Winter is dead; spring is crazy; summer is cheerful and autumn is wise!”

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