Educational QuotesEducational Quotes

Time to Think and ReflectTime to Think and Reflect

Good schools, like good Good schools, like good societies and good families, societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity.celebrate and cherish diversity.

-- -- Deborah MeierDeborah Meier

Every student can learn, just not Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same on the same day, or the same way.way.

-- -- George EvansGeorge Evans

That is what learning is. You That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, you've understood all your life, but in a new way.but in a new way.

-- -- Doris LessingDoris Lessing

What is important is to keep What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain end there are no certain answers.answers.

-- -- Martina HornerMartina Horner

Do not train children to learning Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.the genius of each.

---- Plato Plato

As a teacher I feel I have a moral As a teacher I feel I have a moral obligation to help the children in my obligation to help the children in my classroom grow toward becoming classroom grow toward becoming

full human beings and to feel full human beings and to feel successful. Teaching cognitive skills successful. Teaching cognitive skills

is not enough...is not enough...

--Jean Medick--Jean Medick

Learning to teach is a bigger job Learning to teach is a bigger job than universities, schools, than universities, schools, experience, or personal experience, or personal disposition alone can disposition alone can

accomplish.accomplish.

-- -- Sharon Feiman-NemserSharon Feiman-Nemser

In a completely rational society, the In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation civilization along from one generation

to the next ought to be the highest to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility honor and the highest responsibility

anyone could have.anyone could have.

-- -- Lee IacoccaLee Iacocca

Don't set your wit against a Don't set your wit against a child.child.

-- -- Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift

It must be remembered that the It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill purpose of education is not to fill

the minds of students with facts... it the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think, if that is is to teach them to think, if that is possible, and always to think for possible, and always to think for

themselves.themselves.

-- -- Robert HutchinsRobert Hutchins

The secret of teaching is to The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your appear to have known all your

life what you learned this life what you learned this afternoon.afternoon.

-- -- AnonymousAnonymous

They may forget what you said They may forget what you said but they will never forget how but they will never forget how

you made them feel.you made them feel.

-- -- AnonymousAnonymous

The job of an educator is to The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in teach students to see vitality in

themselves.themselves.

-- Joseph Campbell-- Joseph Campbell

hear, and I forget. I see, and I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I remember. I do, and I

understand.understand.

-- -- Chinese ProverbChinese Proverb

Education is not the filling of a Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.bucket, but the lighting of a fire.

-- -- W. B. YeatsW. B. Yeats

The objective of education is to The objective of education is to prepare the young to educate prepare the young to educate

themselves throughout their lives.themselves throughout their lives.

-- -- Robert Maynard HutchinsRobert Maynard Hutchins

There is a brilliant child There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.locked inside every student.

-- -- Marva CollinsMarva Collins

A teacher affects eternity; he A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his can never tell where his

influence stops.influence stops.

-- -- Henry B. AdamsHenry B. Adams

Information cannot replace Information cannot replace education.education.

-- -- Earl KioleEarl Kiole

We all need someone who We all need someone who inspires us to do better than we inspires us to do better than we

know how.know how.

-- -- AnonymousAnonymous

The kids in our classroom are The kids in our classroom are infinitely more significant than infinitely more significant than the subject matter we teach.the subject matter we teach.

-- -- Meladee McCartyMeladee McCarty

Teaching is not a profession; it's Teaching is not a profession; it's a passion.a passion.

---- Unknown Unknown

Your heart is slightly bigger than Your heart is slightly bigger than the average human heart, but the average human heart, but

that's because you're a teacher.that's because you're a teacher.

-- Aaron Bacall-- Aaron Bacall

A teacher effects eternity; he A teacher effects eternity; he can never tell where his can never tell where his

influence stops.influence stops.

-- -- Henry AdamsHenry Adams

Education is what survives Education is what survives when what has been learned when what has been learned

has been forgotten.has been forgotten.

-- -- B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner

Children need models rather Children need models rather than critics.than critics.

-- -- Joseph JoubertJoseph Joubert

Education is more than filling a Education is more than filling a child with facts. It starts with child with facts. It starts with

posing questions.posing questions.

-- -- D.T. MaxD.T. Max

It's okay to make mistakes. It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers -- Mistakes are our teachers --

they help us to learn.they help us to learn.

-- -- John BradshawJohn Bradshaw

It's not what is poured into a It's not what is poured into a student, but what is planted.student, but what is planted.

----Linda ConwayLinda Conway

Instruction begins when you, the Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put teacher, learn from the learner; put

yourself in his place so that you yourself in his place so that you may understand… what he learns may understand… what he learns

and the way he understands it.and the way he understands it.

-- -- Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard

The highest result of education The highest result of education is tolerance.is tolerance.

-- -- Helen KellerHelen Keller

You can teach a student a You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the curiosity, he will continue the

learning process as long as he learning process as long as he lives.lives.

-- -- Clay P. BedfordClay P. Bedford

Take a deep breath, count to Take a deep breath, count to ten, and tackle each task one ten, and tackle each task one

step at a time.step at a time.

-- -- Linda ShalawayLinda Shalaway

Nothing is ever achieved Nothing is ever achieved without enthusiasm.without enthusiasm.

-- -- Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson

Learning is not a spectator Learning is not a spectator sport.sport.

-- -- AnonymousAnonymous

The important thing is not to The important thing is not to stop questioning.stop questioning.

----Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein

A teacher is one who makes A teacher is one who makes himself progressively himself progressively

unnecessary.unnecessary.

-- -- Thomas CarruthersThomas Carruthers

The mediocre teacher tells. The The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The good teacher explains. The

superior teacher demonstrates. superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.The great teacher inspires.

-- -- William Arthur WardWilliam Arthur Ward

All of us do not have equal All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop an equal opportunity to develop

our talent.our talent.

-- -- John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy

The man who can make hard The man who can make hard things easy is the educator.things easy is the educator.

-- -- Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson

Live as if you were to die Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were tomorrow. Learn as if you were

to live forever.to live forever.

---- GandhiGandhi

You learn something every day You learn something every day if you pay attention.if you pay attention.

-- -- Ray LeBlondRay LeBlond

Learning is a treasure that will Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.follow its owner everywhere.

-- -- Chinese ProverbChinese Proverb

You don't understand anything You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one until you learn it more than one

way.way.

-- -- Marvin MinskyMarvin Minsky

The important thing is not so The important thing is not so much that every child should be much that every child should be

taught, as that every child taught, as that every child should be given the wish to should be given the wish to

learn.learn.

-- -- John LubbockJohn Lubbock

I teach therefore I am.I teach therefore I am.

-- -- AnonymousAnonymous

Never doubt that a small group Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.it's the only thing that ever has.

-- -- Margaret MeadMargaret Mead

Everyone in this room is a Everyone in this room is a teacher.teacher.

-- BJ Gallagher-- BJ Gallagher