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Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#education

Never underestimate the power of good but never ignore evil lurking in the hearts of men. Rose of Life ↗

— Sonia Rumzi

#bad #evil #good #life #life

Where were you while we were growing up? Did you not listen at all? We cannot understand God's plan for us. Everything is His will. It might seem like things are falling apart sometimes, but often God has something better in store for us down the line. You will enjoy life much better if you will just relax. ↗

— Beth Wiseman

#worrying #life

I told her running away from your problems doesn't solve anything. Really it just hurts the people who count on you. ↗

— Kyle Beachy

#problems #running #the-slide #life

Essentially, love is the Donnie Darko of feelings: Anyone who brags, "I, like, totally get it man," is either full of crap or really, really high (or they watched the commentary on the DVD). ↗

— Andrea Lavinthal

#donnie-darko #feelings #love #life

Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people. ↗

— Joe Frazier

#life #nobody #people #run #runs

I was delighted to see him growing more cautious and skeptical about what he heard, especially when he heard it from someone in apparent authority. I think that is fundamental to a good education. And if it comes back to bite me from time to time, that's a price worth paying. ↗

— Martine Millman

#parenting #education

I have done what people do, my life makes a reasonable showing. Can I go back to my books now? ↗

— Lynne Sharon Schwartz

#reading #work #life

We do not want to comprehend that people may and do die of emotional pain, or to recognize the terror in ourselves when we cannot seem to help someone in despair -- when our words are empty. ↗

— Jill Bialosky

#jill-bialosky #page- #life

I am sufficiently convinced already that the members of a profession know their own calling better than anyone else can know it. ↗

— Asa Gray

#am #anyone #better #calling #convinced