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Inspiring Words to Live By

From A Tribute To Those With Futures New & Bright Graduates Are Special by Lucy Mead

"If you think you are leading and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk."
BENJAMIN HOOKS, retired Director of the NAACP

"The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do."
JOHN STUART MILL

"Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print: experience is what you get when you don't."
PETE SEEGER

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."
ARISTOTLE

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination."
TOMMY LASORDA

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."
ROBERT FROST