If a book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But let us freely hear both sides if we choose.
-Thomas Jefferson
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Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him
and let him know that you trust him.
-Booker T. Washington
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Continuous effort--not strength or intelligence--is the key to unlocking our potential.
-Winston Churchill
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We don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
-Thomas Edison
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The true test of intelligence is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.
-John Holt
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I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self.
-George Washington Carver
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
-Albert Einstein
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Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
-Robert Frost
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The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."
-Maria Montessori
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I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.-Samuel Johnson
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Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.
-John Dewey
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Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.
~John Holt
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Quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.
~Winston Churchill
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It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
-Albert Einstein
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I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.
~Booker T. Washington
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The best instruction is that which uses the least words sufficient for the task.
-Maria Montessori
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We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.
-Thomas Jefferson
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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
-Aristotle
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
-Abraham Lincoln
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I am always ready to learn although I do not always like to be taught.
-Winston Churchill
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