Educational Quotes - Page 19

• My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to learn.

  Naveen Jain

  Opportunity, Effort, Brain

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  A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

  William James

  Motivational, Inspiring, Attitude

  "American Treasury, 1455 - 1955". Book by Clifton Fadimany, 1455 - 1955, 1955.

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• There is nothing more important to our Nation's future, to our homeland security, and to our economy than ensuring we have a top-notch educational system that is the envy of the world.

  Jim Jeffords

  Envy, Important, World

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• A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.

  Gertrude Jekyll

  Trust, Patience, Teacher

  Gertrude Jekyll (2011). “Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur”, p.6, Cambridge University Press

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• Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.

  Douglas William Jerrold

  Time, Long, Together

  Douglas William Jerrold (1863). “The Works of Douglas Jerrold”

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• You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Technology

  "The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award". Inc. Magazine, April 1, 1989.

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• Our DNA is as a consumer company - for that individual customer who's voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That's who we think about. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it's not up to par, it's our fault, plain and simply.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Jobs, Responsibility

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.40, Prabhat Prakashan

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• This is what customers pay us for - to sweat all these details so it's easy and pleasant for them to use our computers. We're supposed to be really good at this. That doesn't mean we don't listen to customers, but it's hard for them to tell you what they want when they've never seen anything remotely like it.

  Steve Jobs

  Mean, Sweat, Details

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• Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery.

  Franz Kafka

  Tyrants, Two, Parent

  Franz Kafka (2013). “Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors”, p.357, Schocken

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• One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.

  Abdul Kalam

  Creating, Focus, Quality

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  Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.

  John Keats

  Positive, Happiness, Real

  Letter to George and Georgiana Keats, 19 March 1819, in H. E. Rollins (ed.) 'The Letters of John Keats' (1958) vol. 2, p. 81

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• Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Leadership, Learning

  Undelivered Speech to the Dallas Citizens Council, delivered 22 November 1963, Trade Mart, Dallas, Texas

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• More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.

  Rose Kennedy

  Business, Reality, Years

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• The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.

  Billie Jean King

  Games, Care, Enthusiasm

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from Sep 28, 2010

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• Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Inspirational, Motivational, Wise

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• If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.

  Ray Kroc

  Inspiring, Success, Business

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I cook with my son, I might chop vegetables and have fun with different shapes. Cooking is a way to teach kids about other things, like reading or math with all of the weights and measures. There are so many things that are part of cooking that are also very educational.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Fun, Reading, Kids

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• I launched The Emeril Lagasse Foundation to provide culinary training, and developmental and educational programs to children in the cities where my restaurants operate. I think everyone has a responsibility to give back to the community if they can, and to help future generations learn new skills.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Children, Responsibility, Thinking

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• We're setting up an urban farm for kids on more than 20 acres in New Orleans. We want to make this a world-class educational center for the community.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Kids, New Orleans, Class

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• We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.

  Timothy Leary

  Education, Humorous, Learning

  "Rolling Stone" Twentieth Anniversary Issue, 1987.

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• Love is the flower you've got to let grow.

  John Lennon

  Love, Life, Relationship

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• All you need is love.

  John Lennon

  Love, Inspirational, Music

  John Lennon (2002). “The Songs of John Lennon: The Beatles Years”, p.214, Berklee Press

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• Many of you might already recognize me as the guy in the question-mark suits appearing in the late night TV commercials and on the cover of educational books and CDs.

  Matthew Lesko

  Book, Night, Cds

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• That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.

  Doris Lessing

  Education, Learning, Understanding

  DORIS LESSING (1969). “THE FOUR-GATED CITY”

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• Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.

  Oscar Levant

  Inspirational, Happiness, Memories

  Time, August 28, 1972.

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