Quotes about "Education & Learning"

Panic plays no part in the training of a nurse. ”

I do not want medical men to discuss whether or not my work is valuable, because I know what it will do. I want them to tell me how best this new knowledge of rapidly restoring paralysed people to health and strength can be applied where it is needed. ”

Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid. ”

Sesame Street' was built on the idea that a show that could capture a child's attention could also give the child an education. That idea turned out to be wildly successful. ”

We've become so accustomed to teaching to the tests that we've forgotten about a child's joy of discovery. ”

I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being. ”

As a student, I hadn't really been interested in architecture at all, but when I started teaching, it grew into me - rather than me growing into it. ”

Dancing gives an innate physical awareness - it's physical training. Acting feels like the same medium but just with words. ”

To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes. ”

The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. ”