John Keating Quotes

We are food for worms, lads. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold and die.

We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

You must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all.

There’s a time for daring and there’s a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for.

I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.

Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.

When you read, don’t just consider what the author thinks, consider what you think.

This is a battle, a war, and the casualties could be your hearts and souls.

Sucking the marrow out of life doesn’t mean choking on the bone.

No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.

I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.

But only in their dreams can men be truly free. ‘Twas always thus and always thus will be.