Laetare Medal Quotes & Sayings

All revolutions are treason until they are accomplished. — Amelia Barr

We need quantitative assessments of the success of education. We need certification and qualifications both for teachers and for pupils. It is not a choice between quantity and quality, between access and excellence. Both of these will happen together if people really do believe in the importance of education to change lives. — Gordon Brown

Strength, strength it is that we want so much in this life, for what we call sin and sorrow have all one cause, and that is our weakness. With weakness comes ignorance, and with ignorance comes misery. — Swami Vivekananda

Very rarely do you have a perfect race, and it's about overcoming your mistakes in the race and remaining composed. — Allen Johnson

Mind your business. Take care of what you came here for. Find the 'I' first and you may afterwards speak of other matters. — Ramana Maharshi

The only reason I really believe in my own goodness is because I see it reflected in her eyes
-Jake Becker — Emma Chase

As every man is hunted by his own daemon, vexed by his own disease, this checks all his activity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I would desire to have no other prison than a library, and to be chained together with as many good authors. — Robert Burton

The difference between growing up like me and growing up like Will was that he wore his sense of entitlement lightly. I think if you grow up as he had done, with wealthy parents, in a nice house, if you go to good schools and nice restaurants as a matter of course, you probably just have this sense that good things will fall into place, that your position in the world is naturally an elevated one. — Jojo Moyes