#chi

In increments both measurable and not, our childhood is stolen from us -- not always in one momentous event but often in a series of small robberies, which add up to the same loss. ↗

— John Irving

#childhood

Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul. ↗

— Dave Pelzer

#childhood

Really, nobody was there?” I asked. “Well, nobody important,” he said, putting his glasses back on and blinking. ↗

— Daniel Amory

#city #downtown #dreaming #dreams #glasses

Each of us has immense potential to achieve what we desire, unless we enliven and enlighten our life with inspiration, bring our dreams or desires into reality we will never shine as bright as our potential. ↗

— Steven Redhead

#desire #desires #dreams #enlighten #enliven

A plan is the transport medium which conveys a person from the station of dreams to the destination of success. Goals are the transport fees. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#achievements #achievers #convey #destination #destiny

Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating. ↗

— Laurie Halse Anderson

#gym #humiliation #humor #p-e #physical-education

In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn. ↗

— Phil Collins

#learning #mentoring #teaching #education

We spend the first year of a child's life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There's something wrong there. ↗

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

#education #education

True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own. ↗

— Nikos Kazantzakis

#learning #teaching #education

A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn. ↗

— Ruth Beechick

#learning #school #teachers #teaching #education