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Self Quotes by Maria Montessori
- The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self.
- The child builds his inmost self out of the deeply held impressions he receives.
- An interesting piece of work, freely chosen, which has the virtue of inducing concentration rather than fatigue, adds to the child's energies and mental capacities,…
- The real preparation for education is a study of one's self. The training of the teacher...is something far more than a learning of ideas. It…
- The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the child works in…
- Any child who is self-sufficient , who can ties his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement the image…
- The real preparation for education is the study of one's self.
More Self Quotes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
- Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. — Nancy Astor
- It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us… — David Attenborough
- Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson
- A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower… — Marcus Aurelius
- What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! — Jane Austen
- We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves,… — Paul Auster