"Success is a lousy teacher. It makes..." - Quote by Bill Gates
Success is a lousy teacher. It makes you think you know what you're doing.
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“America's high schools are obsolete. By obsolete, I don't just mean that they're broken, flawed, or underfunded, though a case could be made for every one of those points. By obsolete, I mean our high schools-even when they're working as designed-cannot teach all our students what they need to know today.”
“When I was young I liked taking tests. I happened to be good at it. Certain subjects came easily, like math. All the science stuff. I would just read the textbooks in the first few days of class.”
“The market does not drive the scientists, the communicators, the thinkers, the government to do the right things.”
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“Object to merit and distinction, and you're setting your face against quality, independence, originality, genius against all the richness and variety of life. When you hold back the successful, you penalize those who need help.”
“The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.”
“Work with integrity and succeed with integrity”
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“Of course you will insist on modesty in the children, and respect to their teachers, but if the boy stops you in your speech, cries out that you are wrong and sets you right, hug him!”
“Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.”
“At fifteen my mind was directed to study, and at thirty I knew where to stand.”