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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Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present. – 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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Education is the cheap defense of nations. – Edmund Burke

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If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else. – Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Education is the silver bullet to improve this Nations standing worldwide… and our teachers know that. – Solomon Ortiz

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Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation. – Jean-Pierre Raffarin

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