It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.

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"“Being his real brother, I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.”"

- Michael Morpurgo

Love

"Being his real brother, I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow."

- Michael Morpurgo

Love

"Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel."

- Michael Morpurgo

Hope

"It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom."

- Michael Morpurgo

Inspiration

"That’s what sailing is, a dance, and your partner is the sea. And with the sea you never take liberties. You ask her, you don’t tell her. You have to remember always that she’s the leader, not you. You and your boat are dancing to her tune."

- Michael Morpurgo

Respect

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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

- Nelson Mandela

Education

"You’ll find that education is just about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away."

- John Graham

Education

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

- Mark Twain

Education

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Education

"I must study lots of things or I won’t become a great person."

- Kotomi Ichinose

Education