Horace Bushnell Quotes

Nature was my kindergarten.

He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants.

Plants are shaped by cultivation and men by education. .. We are born weak, we need strength; we are born totally unprovided, we need aid; we are born stupid, we need judgment. Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given us by education.

I really believe that you never stop learning.

Home is really where education does begin.

A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.

Training- training is everything; training is all there is to a person. We speak of nature; it is folly; there is no such thing as nature; what we call by that misleading name is merely heredity and training. We have no thoughts of our own, no opinions of our own; they are transmitted to us, trained into us.

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

I think you never stop learning.

You learn from everything.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.

Always educate yourself.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

Take advantage of educating yourself.

Of course everybody's thinking evolves over time. Only dead people cease learning, and I am not certified dead yet. So I am still learning.

Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That's the fun of them. You're always learning.

A dynamic economy begins with a good education.

I still learn, but I think it's the best thing in life to have a kid.

The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be.

I want to keep learning, keep exploring, keep doing more.

While we teach, we learn.

How do you think we build a future? I think we build it by investing in our kids and investing in education.

To learn and to teach, to observe and to do