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"Before I started (college), that's the advice my dad gave me. He said to pick classes based on the teacher whenever you can, not the subject...his point was that good teachers are priceless. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it."

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

"Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known."

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
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"Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions."


"Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire."


"We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity."


"There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination."
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