Quotes of Schooling - somelinesforyou

“ Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself. ”

- John Dewey

“ It seems that we learn lessons when we least expect them but always when we need them the most, and, the true "gift" in these lessons always lies in the learning process itself. ”

- Cathy Lee Crosby

“ Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. ”

- Gail Godwin

“ Why does life keep teaching me lessons I have no desire to learn? ”

- Ashleigh Brilliant

“ A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching. ”

- A. Bartlett Giamatti

“ This taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is. ”

- John McEnroe

“ Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. ”

- James Anthony Froude

“ If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow the teachings of the new, he would be insane. ”

- Robert Green Ingersoll

“ Trust in your preparation. ”

- Davie Sheppard

“ Thorough preparation makes its own luck. ”

- Joe Poyer

“ Fathers do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. ”

- Bible

“ Education is indoctrination, if you're white - subjugation if you're black. ”

- James Baldwin

“ Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the things you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned and however early a person's training begins, it is probably the last lesson a person learns thoroughly. ”

- Thomas H. Huxley

“ In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There they have adopted a system of secular education, because they have found it impracticable to unite the religious bodies in any system of combined religious instruction. ”

- Richard Cobden

“ Ned says he is leaving the board to return to teaching, but I must point out that, in a sense, he never left teaching,... He has been instructing us all along, and we at the board have been his willing students. ”

- Alan Greenspan

“ You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try. ”

- Homer Simpson

“ A lot of work. A lot of vocal coaching, a lot of instrument training. ”

- Reese Witherspoon

“ Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. ”

- Jane Austen

“ Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history. ”

- Aldous Huxley

“ Julie Walters asked me at the premiere whether I liked the film and I said she was more like me in Educating Rita - naive, you know? ”

- Cynthia Payne

“ We must reject that most dismal and fatuous notion that education is a preparation for life. ”

- Northrop Frye

“ Education has always served to increase my awareness. Teaching helps me better understand what it is that I do. ”

- Ron Carter

“ The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner. ”

- Elbert Hubbard

“ We don't focus on corporal punishment. We focus on teaching and training. ”

- Bill Gothard

“ Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not. ”

- Jack Nicklaus

“ Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black. ”

- James A. Baldwin

“ It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching. ”

- Douglas Hurd

“ A university is not a political party, and an education is not an indoctrination. ”

- David Horowitz

“ I've had a different preparation this year. I did a lot of hard work and training so that I'd last right through the Australian summer. ”

- Lleyton Hewitt

“ Lessons are not given, they are taken. ”

- Cesare Pavese
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