Amos Bronson Alcott Quotes

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 29, 1799 - March 4, 1888

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I didn't read children's books when I was a child. The only books in our house were ration books.

Michael Foreman

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People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think it's a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist.

Michael Haneke

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It's difficult for me to really temper my personality, but I am trying to be a little more sensible about it. If I really lose my temper, I go to my room and scream and shout, but I try not to lose it on people any more. I've never said something mean just like that. I've only said things in retaliation.

Sonam Kapoor

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If you look at history, innovation doesn't come just from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect.

Steven Johnson

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Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is a fairly rugged, bleak, hard-working part of England, and so there was not the expectation of luxury.

Roger Bannister

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Boys have said in the past that I live my life like a movie. I love all things romantic, like kissing in the rain.

Mollie King

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Santiago Bernabeu is the best stadium I have ever played in. I enjoy every minute on its pitch.

Luka Modric

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I don't think it makes any sense to try to get anyone to not talk.

Louis C. K.

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Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.

Dick Cavett

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There are millions of people living Thoreau's life of quiet desperation, and they do not have the language to escape from that desperation.

David Whyte

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I always feel that my whole life is representing the LGBT community. It's kind of what I do all the time.

Boy George

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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Aristotle

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