Quotes by Educators

It is surprising to notice that even from the earliest age, man finds the greatest satisfaction in feeling independent. The exalting feeling of being sufficient to oneself comes as a revelation. Maria Montessori
Man Age Feeling Independent Finds Oneself Greatest Revelation Surprising Being Notice Even Satisfaction Sufficient Earliest
Now, what really makes a teacher is love for the human child; for it is love that transforms the social duty of the educator into the higher consciousness of a mission. Maria Montessori
Love Teacher Duty Higher Mission Makes Educator Child Human Social Really Now Consciousness
That which the Fascists hate above all else, is intelligence. Miguel de Unamuno
Hate Intelligence Else Above Which Fascists
Lost - yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever. Horace Mann
Time Sunset Sunrise Reward Somewhere Diamond Lost Yesterday Gone Minutes Between Hours Forever Offered Golden Sixty Each Two Set
One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him. Booker T. Washington
Man Down One-Man Ditch Remaining Him Another Another Man Without Hold Cannot
No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts. Booker T. Washington
Life Youth Will Own He Advanced Feel Merits Him Greater Because His Than Efforts Any Done Regardless Race Injury Belongs
Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery. Horace Mann
Education Great Men Other Machinery Devices Beyond Equalizer Conditions Human Social Then Origin
I believe that if you don't derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don't come radiantly alive several times a day, if you don't feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste. Srikumar Rao
Life Thankful Good Day You Grateful Life Is Too Short Sense Believe Too Tremendous Several Alive Has-Been Bestowed Purpose Feel Come Been Times Short Then Your Derive Fortune Deep Waste Good Fortune Deeply Wasting
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. Booker T. Washington
Dignity Writing Field Poem Prosper Learns Till Race Much
The development of language is part of the development of the personality, for words are the natural means of expressing thoughts and establishing understanding between people. Maria Montessori
Thoughts Natural People Words Personality Language Understanding Part Development Between Establishing Means Expressing
The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. William Lyon Phelps
Service Respect Gentleman Final Those Possible Him Test His Who
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. Booker T. Washington
Strength Down Other Ways Pushing Exerting Up Two Pulling
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. John W. Gardner
Extraordinarily Excellence Well Doing Ordinary Ordinary Things Things
The purpose of life is to obey the hidden command which ensures harmony among all and creates an ever better world. We are not created only to enjoy the world, we are created in order to evolve the cosmos. Maria Montessori
Life World Obey Better Better World Enjoy Harmony Hidden Evolve Cosmos Only Purpose Command Order Which Created Creates Ever Among
I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream. Temple Grandin
Frustration Words Remember Say Out Would Able Could Knew Talk Get Just Scream Being Wanted
I've left specific instructions that I do not want to be brought back during a Republican administration. Timothy Leary
Back Administration Brought Instructions Left Want Republican Specific
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Self-Respect Respect Fruit Dignity Discipline Sense Say Ability Oneself Grows
The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race. Booker T. Washington
World Will Way Something Individual Make His His Way End Done Wants In The End Regardless Race Who
I strongly believe that the Founding Fathers of our country got it right: power corrupts, and any time you have too much power concentrated in one place, it tends to get abused, so checks and balances are always needed. Dean Ornish
Power Corrupts Time You Too Much Corrupts Power Country Believe Too Fathers Our Strongly Tends Abuse Checks Checks And Balances Concentrated Balances Always Got Get Any Place Much Founding Founding Fathers Right Needed
Choose your friends wisely, and also choose friends that you can trust. Elyn Saks
You Trust Wisely Also Friends Your Choose
Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen. Horace Mann
Determination Wait Will Right Things See Give Make Content Happen Us Let Us Right Things Things Happen
We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error in the way we think, our self-awareness, which is our greatest blessing, is also our downfall. Joko Beck
Blessing Trouble Think Our Minds Way Plenty Self-Awareness Self-Centered Come Also Understand Greatest Greatest Blessing Error Get Which Us Downfall
Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them. Miguel de Unamuno
You People Will Some People Believe Some Anything Them Whisper
Political civility is not about being polite to each other. It's about reclaiming the power of 'We the People' to come together, debate the common good and call American democracy back to its highest values amid our differences. Parker Palmer
Good Democracy Together People Political Debate Values Power Differences Other Back Our About Civility Highest Come Call Polite American Common Being Common Good Each
Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The emotional circuits in the brain are abnormal. And there also are differences in the white matter, which is the brain's computer cables that hook up the different brain departments. Temple Grandin
Parenting You Matter Autism Differences White Hook Bad Abnormal Neurological Computer Emotional Development Know Also Caused Brain Up Departments Different Which Disorder
My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out. Timothy Leary
Life Today You Game People Seriously Nervous Drop Advice Sense Energy System Out Must Nervous System Follows Take Drop-Out Tune Process Turn Turn-On Your Organs
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