QUOTATIONS

To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it, requires brain.

Mary Pettibone Poole

Only the educated are free.

Epictetus
Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers, the second , more personal and important, from himself.

Edward Gibbon
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

H. G. Wells
I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.

Woody Allen
Sixty years ago I knew everything. Now I know nothing. Education is the progressive discovery of our ignorance.

Will Durant

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education, they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.

Charlotte Brnte
Its better to sit there and look stupid, than to open you mouth and put the matter beyond doubt.

Yorkshire adage

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

B. F. Skinner

Students have the energy, imagination, and intelligence to make a difference in their community. They need only be asked to show what they can do.

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Do you think you can maintain discipline?, asked the superintendent. Of course I can, replied Stuart. Ill make the work interesting and the discipline will care of itself.

E. B. White
Education is not preparation for life, education is life itself.

John Dewey
Teach the young people how to think, not what to think.

Sidney Sugarman
Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable.

Kenneth B. Clark

It is a luxury to learn; but the luxury of learning is not to be compared with the luxury of teaching.

R.D.Hitchcock
You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.

Clay P. Bedford
A poor surgeon hurts one person at a time. A poor teacher hurts 130.

Ernest Boyer
Much have I learnt from my teachers, more from my colleagues, but most from my students.

Talmud
Great teachers empathize with kids, respect them, and believe that each one has something special that can be built upon.

Ann Lieberman

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

Edward Everet

Football is a sport that bears the same relationship to education that bullfighting to agriculture.

Elbert Hubbard

The first idea that the child must acquire in order to be actively disciplined is that of the difference between good and evil and the task of education lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.

Mara Montessori

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and verity than education without natural ability.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

A man who has never gone to school many steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all. If a man carries many such memories into life with him, he is saved for the rest of his days.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Knowledge that is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Plato

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, but I can shoot dice. That is what I call a liberal education.

Tallulah Bankhead

For the heart of education is the education of the heart.

Unknown
Education is learning about how little you know.

Unknown
Education is making people easier to govern, but impossible to enslave.

Henry Peter Brougham

There is no education like adversity.

Benjamin Disraeli
You dont go down the street, after all, picking up every piece of paper blowing in the breeze. If you find that a search engine gives you garbage, dont use it... Pretty soon youll have some bookmarks of places you trust, and your reading quality will increase. You may find that the better sources have involved considerable human effort, and there will be either advertising to read, a subscription to pay, or a volunteer to thank. Or did you wan quality for nothing.?

Tim Berners-Lee
In the beginning was the word. But by the time the second was added to it There was trouble. For with it came syntax.

John Simon

Tell a student and theyll forget. Teach a student and theyll remember. Involve a student and theyll learn.

Unknown
Dont mix with the turkeys if you want to fly like eagles.

Unknown
If there is something you own you cant give away you dont own it, it owns you.

Albert Schweitzer
A fool and his money are soon parted. What I want to know is how they got together in the first place.

Cyril Fletcher
If you treat an individual as he is; he will stay as he is; if you treat him as he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

Unknown
Education is making ones mind a pleasant place to spend the rest of your life.

Sydney J. Hains
When I get little money, I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

Erasmus
Education is not making a man clever, but making a good man.

Unknown

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.

C. S. Lewis
The man who doesnt read good books has no advantage over those who cant.

Attributed to Mark Twain

In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards

Mark Twain
Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldnt sign your name youd have to pay cash.

Rita Mae Brown

Teachers are those who use themselves as bridges, over which they invite their students to cross. Then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging their students to create bridges of their own.

Contributed by Sandra Goronas

The marvellous thing about learning style is that every teacher can help to provide a warm prevailing breeze to lift all those kites and help them soar. Sometimes the string may get tangled up, but now we can understand how a little more dimension and space can keep them free and flying.

Emilie Piper
Education makes machines which act like men and produces men who act like machines.

Erich Fromn

Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, today is a gift.

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Heard on Radio Essex, 1 February

What really matters is what you with what you have

Shirley Lord
Education is never completed until a man dies

Robert E. Lee

Doing what you like is freedom Liking what you do is happiness. Thoreau A wise owl sat on an oak The more he saw, the less he spoke The less he spoke, the more he heard Why arent we like the old bird? Traditional

When you feel there is an unfair burden on your shoulders, thats just the way it is sometimes Forrest Gump

There are seasons, in human affairs, when new depths seem to be broken up in the soul, when new wants are unfolded in multitudes, and a new and

undefined good is thirsted for. There are periods when to dare, is the highest wisdom William Ellery Channing

There more we do, the more we learn. Even if we dont do it right we have at least learned another way of not doing it. Thats learning, thats growth Were not suggesting you do more of what you already find comfortable. Were encouraging you to explore the things you find uncomfortable the ones youre afraid to do, the one youre sure youll be judged harshly by others if you do. Roger and Mc Williams

The classroom situation is a dialogue between people, and people is the subject matter of the language course Lou Spaventa Rules are made to be followed, but there are exceptions to all rules and I am one of them Forest Gump

'the grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for' Joseph Addison There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness."Mother Theresa.

"Man becomes great exactly in the degree to which he works for the welfare of his fellow man." Mahatma Gandhi. WHAT WOMEN THINK We thought a good way to pay homage to all women on their day was to reflect in the very few lines of a quotation the way different women thought at different times in history. As a further homage to them let it be said that all of these quotations show these womens concern for love, life and well-being of self and others. Can we expect more wisdom from an ordinary human being? Because after all thats what they are, even when they insist on masquerading themselves as Super Moms, Super Wives, Super Daughters, Super Sisters, Super Friends or Super Teachers!

How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to speak? Isabel Allende (writer) Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to loveto love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved. Isadora Duncan (dancer) Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; social aid does away with it once and for all. Almsgiving leaves a man just where he was before. Social Aid restores him to society as an individual worthy of all respect and not as a man with a grievance. Charity is the generosity of the rich; social aid levels up social inequalities. Eva Pern (politician)

If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelveyear-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of

the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter. Margaret Mead (anthropologist)

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can decide how you're going to live now. Joan Baez (songwriter and singer)

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. Virginia Woolf(writer)

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them. Jane Austen(writer)

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself. Doris Lessing (writer)

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. Marilyn Monroe (actress)

At work, you think of the children you've left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself, your heart is rent. Golda Meir (politician)

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

Marie Curie (scientist) No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt (civil rights fighter) The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist." Maria Montessori (educator) How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! Maya Angelou (writer) I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. Katherine Mansfield (writer) Music itself doesnt change the world; but music can be a powerful instrument of information. Peter Gabriel Caring about the world and its future must be part of everyones education Nola Turner (educator) Only virtuous people are capable of freedom Benjamin Franklin He that gives advice builds with one hand; he that gives counsel and examples build with both . Francis Bacon

The greatest good we can do for others is not just to share our riches with them but to reveal their riches themselves. Swahib Proverb

The root of all evil is individualism Mother Teresa of Calcuta

The first need is communication Mother Teresa of Calcuta Evil could be summed up in the Seven Social Sins: Politics without Principles, Wealth without Work, Commerce without Morality, Education without Character, Pleasure without Conscience, Science without Humanity, Workship without Sacrifice. Mahatma Gandhi

Modern society is plagued by violence at home, artwork, in the streets, in school () So much violence is an indication of out deteriorating human relationships, as well as the stress under which we live and work. Violence, anywhere, in any form, is reprehensible- especially at home and in the workplace, because we are committing violence against people were are expected to love, honour and respect. If we do not hesitate to violate the people close to, why would we hesitate to harm those we dont know? Salvation lies in changing the self before we attempt to change society. To quote my grandfather: We must be the change we wish to see Arun Gandhi

Heroes die, ideals dont. "One thing I love about this [decade] is this is a period where the reality is driving the expectation. " Bill Gates "Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of conditions of man - the balance wheel of the social machinery" Horace Mann (1796-1869)

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again . Ben Franklin

A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do his job when he does feel like it. James Agee "If a person asks you where you are going, you tell him where you've been. That way you neither lie nor reveal your secrets." Old saying quoted by American writer Maya Angelou. When one stops learning, one stops growing. When one stops growing, one stops ?????? Quotable quotes - from the Courtroom Lawyer: "Now Doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know anything about it until the next morning?" "The pen is mightier than the sword and considerably easier to write with." Marty Feldman. Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson...you find the present tense and the past perfect If theres righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If theres beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. When there is order in each nation, there will be peace in the world.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching Aristotle The art of being a good teacher is becoming an awakener.

If only God would give me some clear sign. Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank." Woody Allen

All wars are popular for the first 30 days. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. Mark 3:25 In time of war the devil makes more room in hell. German proverb The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. George Orwell There never was a good war or a bad peace. Benjamin Franklin They will conquer, but they will not convince. Shakespeare, Henry V Either war is obsolete, or men are. Buckminster Fuller War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory. Georges Clemenceau When the rich wage war, its the poor who die. Jean-Paul Sartre Sweet is war to those who have never experienced it. Latin proverb

In time of war the first casualty is truth. Boake Carter If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. Sun Tzu Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but capacity to prevent it. Anne OHare McCormick The object of war is to survive it. John Irving It is well that war is so terrible we would grow too fond of it. Robert E. Lee Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war. Homer Vice stirs up war; virtue fights.

Vauvenargues

In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons. Herodotus War is like love, it always find a way. Bertolt Brecht War does not determine who is right only who is left. Anon. There will be no veterans of World War III. Walter Mondale First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.

F. Scott FitzGerald

He who drinks a little too much drinks much too much. Old saying First you try some drug, then that drug takes another drug, finally drugs take you.

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you. F. Scott FitzGerald

He who drinks a little too much drinks much too much. Old saying First you try some drug, then that drug takes another drug, finally drugs take you.

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you. F. Scott FitzGerald

He who drinks a little too much drinks much too much. Old saying First you try some drug, then that drug takes another drug, finally drugs take you. Being a true teacher is not a profession but a vocation from the heart that enlightens students' lives.

Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910) "Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life." Sandara Carey Believe it or not, grammar and glamor are historically the same word. Back in the eighteenth century, one of the meanings of grammar was "magic, enchantment"; the Scots let the r slip into an l, and lo, came forth glamor. In the popular mind, however, grammar is anything but glamorous. Whatever magic resides in the subject is felt to be a sort of black magic, a mysterious caldron bubbling with creepy, crawly creatures. by Richard Lederer S.e.x with love is the greatest thing in life. But s.e.x without love - that's not so bad either." by Mae West Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a piece of blank paper until your forehead bleeds." by Douglas Adams "Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family - in another city." By George Burns You should make a point of trying every experience once, except incest and folk-dancing." Lytton Strachey

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." Gandhi A teacher affects eternity. He can never tell where his influence stops. Henry B. Adams
"Treat

people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth." Aristotle

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.
Patricia Neal All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent." John F. Kennedy

"It is not necessary to burn books to destroy a culture. Just find a way to make people quit reading" ???????????????????

So stick to the fight when youre hardest hit- Its when things go wrong that you mustnt QUIT . A teacher affects eternity, he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry B. Adams 1838-1918 (American Historian) "Duty, love and meaning are the highest sources of motivation" Stephen Covey 'People say I wasted my money. I say 90 percent went on women, fast cars, and booze. The rest I wasted.' George Best 'Is sex dirty? Only if it's done right.' Woody Allen Who said on his deathbed, 'I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.' Thomas Hobbes.

" The act of teaching is essentially a constant processing of options . At every point in each lesson a teacher has a number of options available; he or she can decide to do something, or to do something else, or not to do anything at all. In order to become a better teacher it seems important to be aware of as many options as possible. This may enable you to generate your own rules and guidelines as to what works and what doesn't." Jim Scrivener
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680) Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it." Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does, except wrinkles." Abigail Van Buren (1918)

"Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly." Epictetus: Greek Stoic philosophe To teach is to touch a life for ever