"All learning begins when our comfortable ideas turn out to be inadequate." - John Dewey
Often called the father of liberal American education, John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform.\
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." - Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler is an American writer and futurist, known for his works discussing the digital revolution, communication revolution and technological singularity. Toffler is a former associate editor of Fortune magazine.
"It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through." - Zig Ziglar
"If you help enough people get what they want, you surely will get what you want." - Zig Ziglar
"You measure success by how much good you do for others." - Zig Ziglar
"The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity." -Zig Ziglar
"Zig" Ziglar was an American author, salesman, and motivational speaker.
"Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking a moment and making the best of it." - Gilda Radner
"Vision is the art of seeing things invisible." - Jonathan Swift
Irish author, clergyman and satirist Jonathan Swift grew up fatherless. Under the care of his uncle, he received a bachelor's degree from Trinity College and then worked as a statesman's assistant. Eventually, he became dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. Most of his writings were published under pseudonyms. He best remembered for his 1728 book Gulliver's Travels.
"When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses." - Shirley Chisholm
American politician, educator, and author. She was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to Congress. On January 25, 1972, she became the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination (Margaret Chase Smith had previously run for the 1964 Republican presidential nomination).
"Be good and you will be lonesome." - Mark Twain
"A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read." - Mark Twain
"Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often." - Mark Twain
"All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain
"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live." - Mark Twain
"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." - Mark Twain
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter often called "the Great American Novel."
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. - T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot OM was a publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and "one of the twentieth century's major poets."
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, Tony Award for Best Play, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Original Score
"Even if you are on the right track you will get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers
"Nothing is truly impossible, it’s only a matter of time."
- Elizabeth Harris, Resultist Consulting
“If it is possible, it is done; if impossible, it shall be done.” - Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734–1802) French statesman
"Winning teaches us that we can accomplish our dreams. It gives us confidence that we can have bigger dreams and go after them. Oddly, though, we learn more through adversity than we do when things are going well." - Mary Sue Marshall
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.” - Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish novelist and poet
"Great leaders are great readers, which means that in order to improve performance, reduce stress or help the people they serve, great leaders must be willing to learn new techniques to do so." - Brad Worthley
"People become quite remarkable when they start thinking and believing that they can do things." - Norman Vincent Peale
| Norman Vincent Peale | |
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 Norman Vincent Peale |
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| Born | May 31, 1898 Bowersville, Ohio |
| Died | December 24, 1993 (aged 95) Pawling, New York |
| Occupation | Author, Professional speaker, Minister |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | Motivational |
| Subjects |
Positive thinking |
