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Hand-picked education quotes chosen for depth and honesty. Use them for daily motivation, quiet reflection, or to share with someone who needs them.
"Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue? A profound reflection from history's greatest military commander."
-- Alexander the Great"There is nothing impossible to him who will try. A profound reflection from history's greatest military commander."
-- Alexander the Great"Bury my body and don't build any monument. Keep my hands out so the people know the one who won the world had nothing in his hands when he died. A profound reflection from history's greatest military commander."
-- Alexander the Great"Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all. A profound reflection from history's greatest military commander."
-- Alexander the Great"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. This remains a cornerstone of economic thought."
-- Adam Smith"Defense is of much more importance than opulence. This remains a cornerstone of economic thought."
-- Adam Smith"To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. This remains a cornerstone of economic thought."
-- Adam Smith"Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. This remains a cornerstone of economic thought."
-- Adam Smith"The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence. This remains a cornerstone of economic thought."
-- Adam Smith"What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? This remains a cornerstone of economic thought."
-- Adam Smith"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent. This remains a cornerstone of economic thought."
-- Adam Smith"Our merchants and master-manufacturers complain much of the bad effects of high wages... They are silent with regard to the pernicious effects of their own gains. This remains a cornerstone of economic thought."
-- Adam Smith"Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor. This remains a cornerstone of economic thought."
-- Adam Smith"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. This remains a cornerstone of economic thought."
-- Adam Smith"A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones."
-- Nelson Mandela"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."
-- Nelson Mandela"Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening."
-- Nelson Mandela"Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end."
-- Nelson Mandela"The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing."
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Hand-picked education quotes chosen for depth and honesty. Use them for daily motivation, quiet reflection, or to share with someone who needs them.
Some of the most celebrated education quotes come from A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Albert Einstein, among many others featured on this page.
Popular education quotes include: "Don't fear for facing failure in the first attempt, because of even the successful Maths starts with 'Zero' only." -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Also: "One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question." -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
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