Quote by Tryon Edwards
The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others. – Tryon Edwards

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Any act often repeated soon forms a habit and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spiders web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel. – Tryon Edwards

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Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. – Tryon Edwards

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Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine. – Tryon Edwards

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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life. – Plato

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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education. – Walter Scott

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