When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness, which belongs to the adult mind, that we force upon school children. We say, “Never keep your mind alert.

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The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates

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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. — Nelson Mandela

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A person’s a person, no matter how small. — Dr. Seuss

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Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

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Then they yelled at the ones that had stars at the start. We’re exactly like you! You can’t tell us apart. We’re all just the same, now, you snooty old smarties! And now we can go to your frankfurter parties. -- Dr. Seuss

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Kids who have no interest in books are usually from slob parents who themselves had no interest in books. ― Dr. Seuss

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Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. ― Dr. Seuss

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I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am. ― Dr. Seuss

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Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. - Les Brown

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