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Erica Jong

"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/WHBSUsy via IFTTT

John Ruskin

"...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/DESbLjY via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

Mr. Klamp laid down the law. No tardiness, no talking above 40 decibels, no untied shoelaces, no visible undergarments, no eating, no chewing gum, no chewing tobacco, no chewing betel nuts, no chewing coca leaves, no chewing out students (unless Mr. Klamp was doing the chewing out), no chewing out teachers (unless ditto), no unnecessary displays of temper (unless ditto), no unnecessary displays of affection (no exceptions), no pets over one ounce or under one ton, and no singing, except in Bulgarian. I began to think Mr Klamp wouldn't be so bad.. - Polly Shulman from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/ezDByJZ via IFTTT

William Langland

"There smites nothing so sharp, nor smelleth so sour as shame." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/np0jWiu via IFTTT

James Feibleman

"A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/3PGzV8B via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

Instead of making prisoners out of our students, we ought to make students out of our prisoners. - Paul W. Silver from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/ezDByJZ via IFTTT

Bertrand Russell

"The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/sA8x5qK via IFTTT

Japanese Proverb

"Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/h5MAkX3 via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student to advocate Marxism, socialism, communism, or any other minority viewpoint-no matter how distasteful to the majority, provided.. - Richard M. Nixon from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/UGLVb4T via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

In my day the principal concerns of university students were sex, smoking dope, rioting and learning. Learning was something you did only when the first three weren't available. - Bill Bryson from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/UGLVb4T via IFTTT

Antoinette Brown Blackwell

"Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/nQxpcem via IFTTT

M. C. Escher

"He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/DW5O48V via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

The only real job of a teacher, especially a writing teacher, is to help students find themselves. - Derrick Jensen from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/ZJMIalc via IFTTT

Dame Rose Macaulay

"It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/w5cILBr via IFTTT

Rodney Carrington

"You can talk about anything if you go about it the right way, which is never malicious." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/ML9YXRP via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

When I was a graduate student at Harvard, I learned about showers and central heating. Ten years later, I learned about breakfast meetings. These are America's three great contributions to civilization. - Mervyn A. King from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/ZJMIalc via IFTTT

Thomas Fuller

"Be not extravagantly high in expression of thy commendations of men thou likest, it may make the hearer's stomach rise." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/sFl6yO4 via IFTTT

Unknown

"Accident, n.: A condition in which presence of mind is good, but absence of body is better." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/lL73T5t via IFTTT

Corra Harris

"The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/en5fkh9 via IFTTT

H. H. Williams

"Furious activity is no substitute for understanding." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/rxwDNTZ via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

An exceedingly confident student would in theory make a terrible student. Why would he take school seriously when he feels that he can outwit his teachers? - Criss Jami from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/GvK6L3C via IFTTT

Oprah Winfrey

"My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/Ez12vdl via IFTTT

Dalton Camp

"Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/RlmVDhK via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

When you begin to do things that raise the achievement of the poorest and disenfranchised students, you may not always get applause. You need to be ready for that. - Asa Hilliard from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/NeOEaBq via IFTTT

Robert Orben

"There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/xif4Edb via IFTTT

John Quincy Adams

"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/nRcVG9v via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

Do question, even the basics!You will be a fool for once!If you don't, you will be, for a lifetime. - Himmilicious from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/NeOEaBq via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

I must endure, fighting the temptation simply to become slack-jawed like most of my school 'peers' (they wish!), who will themselves into a collective, vacant, trancelike state for the duration of each class. (Although I sometimes secretly envy their ability to empty their minds completely for a full fifty minutes, reanimating only at the sound of a bell, like Pavlov's dogs..) - Beth Fantaskey from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/6GxHN20 via IFTTT

Christina Stead

"If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves there wouldn't be enough to go around." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/ohj6Z5Y via IFTTT

Andre Gide

"There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me.'" from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/JCaOEN3 via IFTTT

Funny Quote of the day - They Said So

I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn't a professional, the knife had butter on it. - Rodney Dangerfield from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/B4Wypv8 via IFTTT

Quote of the day about Love - They Said So

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. - W. Somerset Maugham from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/PyRq3Nm via IFTTT

Art quote of the day - They Said So

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. - Pablo Picasso from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/cqQv340 via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

By the time these students enter the workforce, many of the jobs they will apply for ill be in industries that don't even exist yet. That's a hard future to prepare someone for. Teachers have their sights set on the real goal: not to produce Ivy League graduates, but to encourage the development of naturally curious, confident, flexible, and happy learners who are ready for whatever the future has in store. - Taylor Mali from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/6GxHN20 via IFTTT

Anonymous

"The best defense against the atom bomb is not to be there when it goes off." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/8eUtK9m via IFTTT

Jean Paul Richter

"Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/9wM4gjW via IFTTT

Thomas Carlyle

"Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/wYABZ5O via IFTTT

Mark Twain

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. " from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/p5kIC4F via IFTTT

David Letterman

"There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/1xwSbr6 via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

Teachers knew every one of the students, their secrets, their grades, their home situations. And all the students knew the teachers. It was like teachers were people who finally were the most popular at school. - Victoria Kahler from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/4blXBfh via IFTTT

Seneca

"It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/uDhnTAZ via IFTTT

Nancy Reagan

"I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/ADQhETO via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

Do you want to achieve something or do you just want to make money? Asked a nearby man in a white shirt to another man in a striped shirt. I waited for the answer as I slowly walked past them. Why is it an either or question? The man in the striped shirt finally murmured philosophically under a sip of beer. They both stood there looking at each other in thought. - Daniel Amory from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/4blXBfh via IFTTT

Will Rogers

"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/RwztbYX via IFTTT

Dudley Moore

"The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/emjrKpT via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

By starving the sensibility of our pupils we only make them easier prey to the propagandist when he comes. For famished nature will be avenged and a hard heart is no infallible protection against a soft head. - C.S. Lewis from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/nmsod1j via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

The purpose of school should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now. - Donalyn Miller from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/nmsod1j via IFTTT

Herb Caen

"There are more of them than us." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/qKh5cbV via IFTTT

George Santayana

"The wisest mind has something yet to learn." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/ispJ83l via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see. - Alexandra K.Trenfor from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/q8RxnMc via IFTTT

Aristotle

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/dplBgeT via IFTTT

Unknown

"My Karma ran over your dogma." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/u1T0vtU via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught. - Henry Adams from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/q8RxnMc via IFTTT

Friedrich von Schiller

"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/JaZui6p via IFTTT

Publilius Syrus

"As men, we are all equal in the presence of death." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/Nv9dniZ via IFTTT

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/d5owYJr via IFTTT

Thomas Fuller

"If thou are a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/0fdLQp8 via IFTTT

Patricia Neal

"A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/CBDUa8t via IFTTT

Arthur C. Clarke

"The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/Eim9DwS via IFTTT

Gordon Atkinson

"You can pray for someone even if you don't think God exists." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/M3qGXHi via IFTTT

Stella Terrill Mann

"Every time we say, "Let there be!" in any form, something happens." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/ViwY6fP via IFTTT

Frank Lloyd Wright

"The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen." from Motivational Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/CeDZc3M via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed. - Marva Collins from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/wB3eCfE via IFTTT

Tallulah Bankhead

"Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it." from Quotes of the Day https://ift.tt/ghaMSn8 via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age - Robert Martin from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/wB3eCfE via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

The schoolroom clock was worn raw by stares; and you couldn't look up at the big Puritanical face of it and not feel the countless years of young eyes reflected in it, urging it onwards. It was a dark, old spirit that didn't so much mark time as bequeath it. - Tod Wodicka from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/WfTFwSr via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

We, Equality 7-2521, were not happy in those year in the Home of the Students. It was not that the learning was too hard for us. It was that the learning was too easy. This is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick. It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them. The Teachers told us so, and they frowned when they looked at us. - Ayn Rand from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/WfTFwSr via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

Rejection is an opportunity for your selection. - Bernard Branson from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/BXe38Qb via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves--and be free. - Cesar Chavez from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/BXe38Qb via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

I have never encountered any children in any group who are not geniuses. There is no mystery on how to teach them. The first thing you do is treat them like human beings and the second thing you do is love them. - Asa Hilliard from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/p6FZRQe via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

The best teachers become the best teachers by being their own best students. - Laurie Gray from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/m28SlDo via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and not have to know anything. Just say toxicology or marine biokinesis, and the person you're talking to will change the subject to himself. If this doesn't work, mention the neural synapses of embryonic pigeons. - Chuck Palahniuk from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/m28SlDo via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

A teacher who cannot explain any abstract subject to a child does not himself thoroughly understand his subject; if he does not attempt to break down his knowledge to fit the child's mind, he does not understand teaching. - Fulton J. Sheen from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/L57PCkG via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know - Woodrow T. Wilson from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/L57PCkG via IFTTT

Quote of the day for students - They Said So

Today is not just another ordinary day. It is an opportunity to do, or say, something that just might inspire someone to greater becoming.. Especially a wayward youth. - T.F. Hodge from Quote of the day - They Said So https://ift.tt/r92ewXP via IFTTT