All genuine education comes about through experience.
Hunger not to have, but to be.
John Dewey (1859-1952) was an American philosopher and educational reformer. A native of Vermont, he was born in Burlington.
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O. Henry Quotes
Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.
It ain’t the roads we take; it’s what’s inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do.
O. Henry, the pen name of William Henry Porter (1862-1910), was an American writer who mastered the art of crafting short stories.
Orison Swett Marden Quotes
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
No one can make a real masterpiece of life until he sees something infinitely greater in his vocation than bread and butter and shelter.
Orison Swett Marden (1848-1924) was an American inspirational writer. He founded Success magazine in 1897. Many of his ideas were based upon the New Thought philosophy.
Mandell Creighton Quotes
The real object of education is to leave a man in the condition of continually asking questions.
The desire of every man to have his own way becomes all the stronger when he knows that his way is a good way.
Mandell Creighton (1843-1901) was a British historian as well as a bishop in the Church of England.
Adoniram Judson Quote
It is true that we may desire much more. But let us use what we have, and God will give us more.
From 1 Peter 4:10: “Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.”
Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) was an American pastor and missionary. He was one of the first Protestant missionaries in Burma, where he would serve for nearly 40 years.
Doris Kearns Goodwin Quotes
One of the important qualities that I think is often overlooked is just energy. It’s vitality, and sort of a life force that some people have and others don’t.
Whatever it is that you do, if you have that passion and desire for it, that’s the most important thing.
Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943) is an American biographer and historian. In 1995, she received the Pulitzer Prize for History from her work on a biography about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during World War II. She has also worked as sports journalist.
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