Favorite Quotes

About Teaching...

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Adams

You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him discover. Galileo

The secret lies in respecting the pupil. Ralph Waldo Emerson

When children know uniqueness is respected, they are more likely to put theirs to use. Dorothy Briggs

Holding people to the responsible course is not demeaning, it is affirming. Stephen Covey

Every era opens with its challenges, and they cannot be met by elaborating methods of the past. Charles Lindbergh

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and help them become what they're capable of being. Goethe

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who dares to teacher, must never cease to learn. John Cotton Dana

About Learning...

A mind is not a vessel to be filled; it is a fire to be kindled. Plutarch

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. Albert Einstein

The most important educational goal is learning to learn. Luis Alberto Machado

Students took a long time to arrive at where they are today, and they will also require time to change. Purkey & Novak

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

The most important thing in education is to make young people think for themselves. Albert Schweitzer

Learning is something that children do, not something that is done to them. Jane Healy

When I examined myself and my methods of thought, I came to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. Albert Einstein

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you are right. Henry Ford

Genuis without education is like silver in the mine. Benjamin Franklin

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes. Winston Churchill

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience. Clarence Day

It's what we think we already know that often prevents us from learning. Claude Bernard

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. Robert F. Kennedy