"The secret in education lies in respecting the student."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on education
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"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil."

Allen, James on dream
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"He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it."

Adams, Douglas on dream
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"Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake."

Thoreau, Henry David on dream
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"Men are born to succeed, not to fail."

Thoreau, Henry David on failure
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"I have lived some thirty-odd years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors."

Thoreau, Henry David on advice
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"Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely."

Clark, Karen Kaiser on change
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"Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds."

Marden, Orison Swett on achievement
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"We lie in the lap of immense intelligence."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on intelligence and intellectuals
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"Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late"

Franklin, Benjamin on life
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"What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary."

Madison, James on government   

"The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together."

Angelis, Barbara De on love
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"A new world is not made simply by trying to forget the old. A new world is made with a new spirit, with new values. Our world may have begun that way, but today it is caricature. Our world is a world of things. What we dread most, in the face of the impending debacle, is that we shall be obliged to give up our gewgaws, our gadgets, all the little comforts that have made us so uncomfortable. We are not peaceful souls; we are smug, timid, queasy and quaky."

Miller, Henry on world
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"It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself."

Greene, Graham on trust
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"Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it."

D'Angelo, Anthony J. on complaints and complaining
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"My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me."

Jefferson, Thomas on age and aging
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"Treasure your relationships, not your possessions."

D'Angelo, Anthony J. on relationship
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"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow -- that is patience."

Unknown, Source on patience
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"The most vital thing in a man's life is his mental attitude."

Unknown, Source on attitude   

"Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!"

Wilson, Mclandburgh on attitude
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"Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them."

Einstein, Albert on intelligence and intellectuals
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"The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen."

Iacocca, Lee on action
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"When people are lonely they stoop to any companionship."

Wallace, Lew on loneliness
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"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked."

Ginsberg, Allen on insanity
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"Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact."

Russell, Bertrand on happiness
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"I do not believe you can do today's job with yesterday's methods and be in business tomorrow."

Jackson, Nelson on change
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"There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that ;it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place."

Irving, Washington on change   

"It's when you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home."

Wilder, Thornton on conflict
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"My only wish is that my wishes be at rest."

Ruckett on wish and wishing
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"I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more --the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men; the deceitful feeling that lures us on to joys, to perils, to love, to vain effort --to death; the triumphant conviction of strength, the heat of life in the handful of dust, the glow in the heart that with every year grows dim, grows cold, grows small, and expires --and expires, too soon, too soon --before life itself."

Conrad, Joseph on youth
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"We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives, that it is inside ourselves."

Camus, Albert on peace
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"What all men are really after is some form, or perhaps only some formula, of peace."

Conrad, Joseph on peace
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"You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."

Disney, Walt on failure
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"I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained."

Disney, Walt on entertainment
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"Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation."

Wilde, Oscar on discontent
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"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit."

Lombardi, Vince on habit
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"One should always play fair when one has the winning cards."

Wilde, Oscar on gambling
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"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness."

Hill, Napoleon on sacrifice
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"Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time."

Perot, H. Ross on leadership   

"The Mediterranean has the color of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don't always know if it is green or violet, you can't even say it's blue, because the next moment the changing reflection has taken on a tint of rose or gray."

Gogh, Vincent Van on sea
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