Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Jesse Stuart

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Jesse Stuart.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Jesse Stuart

Jesse Hilton Stuart was an American writer, school teacher, and school administrator who is known for his short stories, poetry, and novels as well as non-fiction autobiographical works set in central Appalachia. Born and raised in Greenup County, Kentucky, Stuart relied heavily on the rural locale of northeastern Kentucky for his writings. Stuart was named the poet laureate of Kentucky in 1954.

Write something to suit yourself and many people will like it; write something to suit everybody and scarcely anyone will care for it.
If these United States can be called a body, then Kentucky can be called its heart.
I am a farmer singing at the plow — © Jesse Stuart
I am a farmer singing at the plow
I take with me Kentucky, embedded in my brain and heart, in my flesh and bone and blood. Since I am Kentucky, and Kentucky is part of me.
I am firm in my belief that a teacher lives on and on through his students. Good teaching is forever and the and the teacher is immortal.
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