Quotes with self-education

Quotes 101 till 120 of 1070.

  • Gerald G. Jampolsky A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.
    Gerald G. Jampolsky
    American psychiatrist, Lecturer, writer (1925 - 2020)
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  • Sir John Lubbock A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.
    Sir John Lubbock
    British statesman and banker (1834 - 1913)
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  • St. Francis of Assisi Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
    St. Francis of Assisi
    Italian saint, founder of the Franciscan monastic order (1182 - 1226)
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  • Albert Einstein According to this conception, the sole function of education was to open the way to thinking and knowing, and the school, as the outstanding organ for the people's education, must serve that end exclusively.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Ayn Rand Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Karl Kraus Adults who still derive childlike pleasure from hanging gifts of a ready-made education on the Christmas tree of a child waiting outside the door to life do not realize how unreceptive they are making the children to everything that constitutes the true surprise of life.
    Karl Kraus
    Austrian writer and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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  • Aldous Huxley After all, what is reading but a vice, like drink or venery or any other form of excessive self-indulgence? One reads to tickle and amuse one's mind; one reads, above all, to prevent oneself thinking.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Bobby Vinton All around as a person, on right decisions, on holding your money, on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I don't think I would've done as good without an education.
    Bobby Vinton
    American singer and songwriter (1935 - )
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  • Kurt Cobain All drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem.
    Rolling Stone Magazine, 16-04-1992
    Kurt Cobain
    American singer, songwriter, and musician (1967 - 1994)
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  • Andrew Carnegie All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.
    Andrew Carnegie
    American industrialist (1835 - 1919)
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  • Sir Walter Scott All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Sheldon Kopp All of the significant battles are waged within the self.
    Sheldon Kopp
    American psychotherapist and author (1929 - 1999)
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  • Sebastian Coe All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.
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  • Andrew Cohen Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating.
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • Ben Jonson Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back;
    And is a swelling, and the last affection
    A high mind can put off; being both a rebel
    Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth
    All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion,
    and offereth violence to nature's self.
    Catiline His Conspiracy
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Billy Graham America's founding fathers did not intend to take religion out of education. Many of the nation's greatest universities were founded by evangelists and religious leaders; but many of these have lost the founders concept and become secular institutions. Because of this attitude, secular education is stumbling and floundering.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Malcolm X America's greatest crime against the black man was not slavery or lynching, but that he was taught to wear a mask of self-hate and self-doubt.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • John W. Gardner America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.
    John W. Gardner
    American Educator, Social Activist (1912 - 2002)
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  • Abba Goold Woolson American ladies are known abroad for two distinguishing traits (besides, possibly, their beauty and self-reliance), and these are their ill-health and their extravagant devotion to dress.
    Abba Goold Woolson
    American writer (0 - 1921)
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  • Paula Nelson Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self-reproducing qualities if it's put to work. Gold-hoarding goes against the American grain; it fits in better with European pessimism than with America's traditional optimism.
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