# Quote of the Day for October 12, 2026

> Twelve hand-picked inspirational quotes for October 12, 2026, refreshed every morning.

Monday, October 12, 2026 · twelve hand-picked quotes for today.

## Quote of the day

> “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”

William Butler Yeats

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## Eleven more for today

1. “I know a lot of people think I'm dumb. Well, at least I ain't no educated fool.” — Leon Spinks · Learning Quotes

2. “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” — Kofi Annan · Learning Quotes

3. “I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could have tolerated anything so primitive.” — John W. Gardner · Learning Quotes

4. “The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.” — William Osler · Wisdom

5. “Sleep - the most beautiful experience in life - except drink.” — W. C. Fields · Wisdom

6. “What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.” — William Blake · Wisdom

7. “The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.” — Ralph Marston · Faith

8. “My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason.” — Norman Cousins · Faith

9. “Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.” — William Ellery Channing · Faith

10. “I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it.” — Elie Wiesel · Faith

11. “Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.” — Hugh Blair · Fitness Quotes

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