“Bad teachers do not touch me; the great ones never leave me.”

— Pat Conroy, The Lords of Discipline (1980)

About Pat Conroy

1945 – 2016

American novelist, author of "The Prince of Tides".

“Always believe in things and people that bring you pleasure.”

“I've never had anybody's approval, so I've learned to live without it.”

“Sooner or later the athlete becomes humble no matter how good he is.”

“Education is one of the blessings of life — and one of its necessities.”

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”

“God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead.”

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“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

“When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”