Education and Success-Forbes

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  1. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Which is your favorite quote?

    “What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.” - Aristotle

    “Man is the only creature that must be educated.”- Immanuel Kant

    “ You can’t expect a boy to be vicious until he’s been to a good school.”- Saki

    “If the axe is dull and it’s edge unsharpened, more strength is needed- but skill will bring success.”- Ecclesiastes 10:10

    “Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.”- Leonardo da Vinci

    “ ‘Casting out fear’ ought to be the motto over every school door.”- A.S. Neil

    “In all things, success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.”-Confucius

    “The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.”- Plutarch

    “Doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking. Learning naturally results.”- John Dewey

    “Education is what survives when what was learned has been forgotten.”- B. F. Skinner
     
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  3. truckdad

    truckdad Road Train Member

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    beastr123 Road Train Member

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    #1
    it was told to me differently:
    any day that you learn something or teach somebody something is not a wasted day, do not waste a day!
     
  6. FoolsErrand

    FoolsErrand Road Train Member

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    I prefer "he who does not work shall not eat" by paul the apostle.
     
  7. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    I firmly believe each and every one of us naturally excels at a couple things. Its finding out what it is, that spark, that gets the fire lit. Learning comes natural when you're passionate about the things you do.
     
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    Intothesunset Road Train Member

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    None.
    "Doing is learning."
     
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    speedyk Road Train Member

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    The hand feeds the mind.
    -Weston Farmer

    The work is teaching you the work.
    -Bernard Moitessier
     
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  10. shogun

    shogun Road Train Member

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    #1, #5 then #7.
     
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    “Education is what survives when what was learned has been forgotten.”- B. F. Skinner

    I believe this one sums the other 9 up pretty well
     
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