Quotes by Educators - Page 11

Anyone can be a story. Everyone is.

The child's reluctance to speak for the first few months of his residence in a new country is not pathological, but normal.

There are an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job.

Adolescence is when children start trying to bring up their parents.

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.

The companies that refused to make hard choices, or refused to admit that anything much was happening, fared badly. If they survive, it is only because their respective governments will not let them go under.

There is nothing to fearFrom your reflection

Weed etiquette rule - whoever rolls the joint, gets the first hit.

Only Light can drive away the shadows, Darkness can never be diminished by more darkness.

Parents in the early half of the twentieth century were primarily concerned with the development of character in their children. They wanted to be certain that their children were ready to cope with adversity, for it was surely coming to them one day whether in personal or national life. The development of character involves self-discipline and often sacrifice of one's own desires for the good of self and others. Montessori education, developed in this historical period, reflects this emphasis on the formation of the child's character. However, parents today are more likely to say their primary wish for their children is that they be happy. In pursuit of this goal they indulge their children, often unconsciously, to a degree that is startling to previous generations. All parents need to remember that true happiness comes through having character and discipline, and living a life of meaningful contribution -- not by having and doing whatever you wish.

Be unselfish.... If you think of yourself only you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development which is spiritual expansion through thought for others.

We can get too easily bogged down in the academic part of homeschooling, a relatively minor part of the whole, which is to raise competent, caring, literate, happy people.

Sedona is beautiful, but your soul is even more beautiful.

Reading literary works enlightened and sheltered me; now I'm paying back by writing.--"My Confession

Do you want the truth or fiction?

The purpose of that apple tree is to grow a little new wood each year. That is what I plan to do.

Our enemy is [. . .] and all people like him, who never question their motives or doubt their desires. They are put on this earth to cause misery, because what they take so freely for themselves comes always at great cost to others.

He smiled and captured my hand..... I attempted to pull my hand away. He tightened his grip just a little and kept my hand encased in his. A warmth spread through to me.

The Revolution won't be televised. It's already available on Amazon in ebook format.

And good intentions? These scared him the most: people with good intentions tended not to question themselves. And people who didn't question themselves, in the scientific world and beyond, were the ones to watch out for.

Only boring people get bored.

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

He spotted Jill sitting about thirty feet away, face tipped toward the sun, her straight brown hair tucked behind one ear and slanted across her neck. And Ben decided that when her mouth wasn't full of tuna salad, she was sort of pretty.