Let the master praise him, and say, 'Here ye do well.' For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.
Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement.
As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress.
He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Great masters neither want nor need your worship. Your greatest gift to them and yourself is to emulate their divinity by claiming it as your own.
Do not borrow the productions of other men's brains and pens and recite them as a lesson; but make the most of the talents, the brain power, that God has given you.
Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.