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Plett Christian School “Think about beautiful things”

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Plett Christian SchoolThink about beautiful things

1Education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus characterthat is the goal of true education.- Martin Luther King, Jr.

2The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.C.S. Lewis

3It is in the educational field that the struggle for or against God is being decided today. Teachers fight on the most dangerous sector of the front. - Cornelius Van Til

4The measure of a man's education is that he takes pleasure in the exercise of his mind. Jacques Barzun

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The first priority of my life is to be holy, and the second goal of my life is to be a scholar. John Wesley

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Wisdom is knowledge applied. Head knowledge is useless on the battlefield. Knowledge stamped on the heart makes one wise. Beth Moore

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. C.S. Lewis

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. C. S. Lewis

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. C. S. Lewis

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein

Mere knowledge is not enough to undercut the evil in the human heart. Simply knowing what is right doesn't enable us to do right. Charles ColsonPlett Christian SchoolThink about beautiful things

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