 | Education - 1902 - 730 pages
...learn for them ; though we sometimes seem to think we can. We all recognize the truth of the homely saying that "you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink." We are talking cant when we try to leave the impression that if a teacher is only wise enough and good... | |
 | Heating - 1908 - 450 pages
...the buildings that will induce the latter to change their methods of design. MR. GD HOFFMAN — There is an old saying that you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink. I know of an instance where very carefully-prepared instructions were furnished for the proper installation... | |
 | American Railway Master Mechanics' Association - Railroad engineering - 1908 - 604 pages
...some of the other speakers, that it is better to let the young man do some of the pushing for himself. It is an old saying that you can lead a horse to water, but you can not make him drink. We believe in the principle of keeping the water where he can get a... | |
 | United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America - Carpenters - 1912 - 866 pages
....30 .50 .50 .35 .30 .75 .66 .50 .45 .50 .50 !35 .50 .50 .30 .50 DISPENSATIONS. It is an old and true saying that you can "lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink," and this rings true when we come to the initiation fees charged by our various Local Unions and District... | |
 | Henry Crosby Emery - Political ethics - 1913 - 200 pages
...most rigid. Lowell wrote of Lincoln's mind "bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust." The old saying that you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink, must frequently be paraphrased in the mind of an astute leader to the effect that there is no use in... | |
 | Washington (State) - Washington (State) - 1922 - 1116 pages
...limit well within the appropriations. This influenced practically all officials. There is an old adage that "You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink." Unfortunately, there are a few in Olympia who have never yet even wet their noses. But the general... | |
 | Edwin Lefevre - Biography & Autobiography - 1923 - 312 pages
...inexperienced manipulators try to unload at the top and fail, old-timers look mighty wise and tell you that you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink. Original devils ! As a matter of fact, it is well to remember a rule of manipulation, a rule that Keene... | |
 | Harry Allen Overstreet - Psychology - 1927 - 312 pages
...apparently, and what the information-ladling college professors should know is the simple old adage that you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink. If you could speak to the horse persuasively and get him to want to drink, well and good. Most of our... | |
 | Carl Emil Seashore - Ability - 1927 - 134 pages
...Scholarship is the primary object of the college; everything else is accessory. The old saw has it that "you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink. ' ' The faculty can offer you knowledge, but you yourself determine whether or not you shall learn.... | |
 | George Petrie - United States - 1927 - 76 pages
...play. That is a very practical way to improve the road to a happy life, if one will travel it. There is an old saying that "You can lead a horse to water, but you can not make him drink." Now Mr. Edison has done much even to create a thirst for a fuller,... | |
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It is an old saying, that you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink. 
