"I would take school instruction out of the hands of the old order of decrepit, stammering, journeymen-teachers as well as from the new weak ones, who are generally no better for popular instruction, and entrust it to the undivided powers of Nature herself, to the light that God kindles and ever keeps alive in the hearts of fathers and mothers, to the interest of parents who desire that their children should grow up in favour with God and man."

-- Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

#Mother Quotes #Teacher Quotes #Children Quotes

“Sometimes moving on takes effort. Sometimes moving on is harder than it looks.”

Source : Simone Elkeles (2013). “Return to Paradise”, p.141, Simon and Schuster
“The successes in the entertainment business are like one percent of the iceberg that you see, and the other ninety-nine percent, which is the rejection and the failure and the work and the toil and the sacrifice, is the rest of the iceberg that's below the water.”

Source : "Star of Parenthood and Kingdom Jonathan Tucker: Giving Back". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I think I have better taste now than I did then.”

Source : "Watts earns luxury of being choosy" by Hugh Hart, www.sfgate.com. August 3, 2003.
“I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant.”
“Even knowing the ending was sad, I wouldn't have deprived myself the beauty of the story.”

Source : Sandra Brown (2010). “Rainwater”, p.132, Simon and Schuster
“No one who wears a crown is ever safe.”
“In uniform patriotism can salute one flag only, embrace but the first circle of life-one's own land and tribe. In war that is necessary, in peace it is not enough.”
“I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred”

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