Education, Someone else, Leader

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
~ Aristotle

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
~ Kurt Cobain

Ah well! I am their leader, I really ought to follow them!
~ Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin

Endure, Dare, Friend

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
~ Soren Kierkegaard

The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
~ Aristotle

Good Citizen, Education, Be Somebody

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
~ Aristotle (Etica Nicomaquea-Politica)

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
~ Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) U.S. journalist - editor and publisher of Forbes magazine; known for extravagant parties and colorful hobbies (hot-air ballooning and Faberge eggs).

All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.
~ Jane Wagner

Bonus quotes for the New Year

Perhaps the best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
~ Dean Acheson

Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel.
~ John Quincy Adams

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
~ Aristotle