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Aristotle on why teachers deserve more honor than parents

Quote #258 | Aristotle | Teachers deserve more honor than parents (…)

Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honor than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life. Aristotle Education is the greatest gift that parents can bestow upon their children, for education is what sets one man apart from another. We can give our kids Read more…

Socrates on how worthless people live only to eat and drink, but people of worth eat and drink only to live

Quote #257 | Socrates | Worthless people live only to (…)

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live. Socrates Putting religious and cultural beliefs aside, it is reasonable to assume that we live only once, at least as far as our present material body is concerned. In the grand scheme of things, our life is but Read more…

Quote #256 | John Kennedy | Forgive your enemies, but never (…)

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. John F. Kennedy Life moves in only one direction – ahead. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to keep ourselves down with a whole lot of emotional baggage, especially one that isn’t ours to carry.

Ralph Waldo Emerson on adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience

Quote #255 | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Adopt the pace of nature (…)

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson Patience is one of the few virtues that we hear about so often, and yet it is so hard to practice. We can go around boasting about how important it is to be patient, but one tricky situation is all it takes to Read more…

Plutarch on why I don't need a friend who changes when I change

Quote #254 | Plutarch | I don’t need a friend who (…)

I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. Plutarch One of the greatest support systems in a person’s life are their friends. And regardless of its  clichéd connotations, the proverb that a man is known by the company he keeps is Read more…

Kahlil Gibran on why if you love somebody, you should let them go

Quote #253 | Kahlil Gibran | If you love somebody (…)

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were. Kahlil Gibran One of the hardest decisions in life is to let go of the people we love. No matter how irrepressible our desire is to cling on to them, we must let Read more…

Malcolm Forbes on why education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one

Quote #252 | Malcolm Forbes | Education’s purpose is to (…)

Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Malcolm Forbes Our mind is like a blank piece of paper when we are born. Whatever we learn in our formative years stays with us for the rest of our lives. And that is where our education plays a key role. It leaves Read more…

William Wallace on why every man dies, but not every man really lives

Quote #251 | William Wallace | Every man dies.

Every man dies. Not every man really lives. William Wallace Regardless of the cultural and religious beliefs about the life after death, the general consensus around the world is that the life we live here is transient. This fact gets increasingly conspicuous as we grow older.

Raymond Mortimer on why tact is the art of convincing people that they know more than you do

Quote #250 | Raymond Mortimer | Tact is the art of convincing (…)

Tact is the art of convincing people that they know more than you do. Raymond Mortimer Tact and diplomacy are skills that do not just come in handy in business, but in life as well. Without a confident persuasive technique, it is hard to get your way in a world as complex as ours.