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"Dead Poets Society" Quotes

An unorthodox English teacher inspires his students at a conservative boys' prep school to embrace poetry, seize the day, and think for themselves, leading to profound personal and collective consequences.

Quotes

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

Terrence Ryan

motivationlifeinspiration

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

Terrence Ryan

inspirationeducationchange

We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.

Terrence Ryan

poetryhumanitylife

That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?

Terrence Ryan

lifemotivationpurpose

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

Terrence Ryan

lifehumormotivation

Now we all have a great need for acceptance, but you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own, even though others may think them odd or unpopular.

Terrence Ryan

individualityself-beliefacceptance

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

Terrence Ryan

educationthinkingindividuality

Just when you think you know something, you have to look at it in another way.

Terrence Ryan

perspectivelearninggrowth

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

Terrence Ryan

perspectivemotivationlearning

O Captain! My Captain!

Terrence Ryan

respectadmirationleadership