The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

Quote by Tom Bodett

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The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a...

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a...

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world:...

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world:...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given...

You can make a new friend but you can't make an old one.

You can make a new friend but you can't make an old one.

In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given...

In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given...

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go...

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go...

Theories and goals of education don't matter a whit if you don't consider your students...

Theories and goals of education don't matter a whit if you don't consider your students...

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is...

Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part...

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.

Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

It's hard for corporations to understand that creativity is not just about succeeding. It's about...

It's hard for corporations to understand that creativity is not just about succeeding. It's about...

Why don't you climb down off the cross, take the wood to build a bridge,...

Why don't you climb down off the cross, take the wood to build a bridge,...

I hate that weird stare you get when you walk back into the classroom after...

I hate that weird stare you get when you walk back into the classroom after...