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Portrait of Kurt Hahn

Kurt Hahn

(1976) Romanist

19 quotes in 188 categories

Kurt Hahn is a romanist, best known for Finanznarrative Als Krisennarrative.

Quick Facts About Kurt Hahn

Born: November 30, 1976
Profession: Romanist
Notable works: Finanznarrative Als Krisennarrative

About Kurt Hahn

Kurt Matthias Robert Martin Hahn was a German educator. He was decisive in founding Stiftung Louisenlund, Schule Schloss Salem, Gordonstoun, Outward Bound, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, and the first of the United World Colleges, Atlantic College.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Kurt Hahn

We are all better than we know. If only we can be brought to realise this, we may never be prepared to…

Be prepared

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The worth of a faith does not consist in the clarity with which it is stated but in the steadfastness with which…

Clarity

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Expeditions can greatly contribute towards building strength of character. Joseph Conrad in Lord Jim tells us that it is necessary for a…

Adventure

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There are three ways of trying to win the young. There is persuasion, there is compulsion, and there is attraction. You can…

Appeals

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Your disability is your opportunity.

Disability

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Education must enable young people to effect what they have recognized to be right, despite hardships, despite dangers, despite inner skepticism, despite…

Boredom

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“There is more in us than we know if we could be made to see it; perhaps, for the rest of our…

Learning

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It is a sin of the soul to force young people into opinions ... but it is culpable neglect not to impel…

Force

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Without the instinct for adventure, any civilization, however enlightened; any state, however well-ordered, will wilt and wither.

Adventure

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The experience of helping a fellow man in danger, or even of training in a realistic manner to be ready to give…

Balance

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There is more in you than you think.

Funny

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What is it that is done to our children that their puberty should deform them? They have the joy of movement; they…

Children

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I regard it as the foremost task of education to insure the survival of these qualities: an enterprising curiosity, an undefeatable spirit,…

Compassion

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There can be no doubt that the young of today have to be protected against certain poisonous effects inherent in present-day civilization.…

Availability

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There exists within everyone a grand passion, an outlandish thirst for adventure, a desire to live boldly and vividly through the journey…

Adventure

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Whenever you have to deal with a boy who is a rebel, remember that you must not fail at some time or…

Boys

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“The purpose of education is to save young people from the paralyzing effects of wealth and poverty. (more or less verbatim quote)”

Education

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Think highly of yourself because the world takes you at your own estimate.

Body image

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The passion of rescue reveals the highest dynamic of the human soul.

Highest

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