Quotations
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NOTE: The following quotations have been collected from a variety of
sources ... from e-mail notes and signatures, bulletin boards, the
ASCD SmartBrief and from other sources, as well, over some time.
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"And that's the way it is."
(Walter Cronkite, American journalist)
"You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have,
for instance."
(Franklin P. Jones) [Sent by Michael Matthews]
"It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on
to something"
(Ornette Coleman) [Sent by Michael Matthews
"I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French writer and aviator)
"Laughter is by definition healthy."
(Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize in Literature recipient)
"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."
(Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet)
"A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the
bricks that others throw at him or her."
(David Brinkley, American TV newscaster)
"If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his/her office at
one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't
want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or
dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional
excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the
classroom teacher's job."
(Donald D. Quinn) [Sent by Michael Matthews]
"A classroom cannot foster the development of autonomy in the
intellectual realm while suppressing it in the social and moral
realms."
(Constance Kamii - professor of early childhood education, University
of Alabama at Birmingham)
"If the child at home wonders whether he is loved, the pupil wonders
whether he is a worthwhile person. In both settings he can find some
kind of answer by observing how others treat him."
(Robert Dreeben, On What is Learned in School)
"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly
making exciting discoveries."
(A. A. Milne, author of "Winnie-the-Pooh")
"A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world."
(John le Carre, English author)
"You don't need a parachute to skydive. You only need one to skydive twice."
(Unknown) [From our secretary, Karen Stotlar]
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."
(Uknown) [Sent by Jo Dill]
"Life itself is the proper binge."
(Julia Child, American chef)
"Be careful what you swallow. Chew!
(Gwendolyn Brooks, American writer)
"In seeking wisdom the first step is silence; the second: listening,
the third: remembering, the fourth: practicing, the fifth: teaching
others."
(Rabbi Shlomo ibn-Gaviro) [Sent by both Maureen Zack and Connie Kelly]
"Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win."
(Jonathan Kozol) [Sent by Joan Cotton]
"A cartoonist is someone who draws the same thing day after day
without repeating himself."
(Charles M. Schultz, cartoonist)
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't
matter and those who matter don't mind."
(Dr. Seuss) [From Jon Bean]
"Happiness is never an accident. It is the prize we get when we
choose wisely from life's great stores."
(Irene Dunne) [From Mitch Lazarus signature]
"The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any
use to oneself."
(Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist and poet)
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
(Eleanor Roosevelt, former U.S. first lady)
"To know how to do something well is to enjoy it"
(Pearl S. Buck) [From Otis Taylor's signature]
"I don't like that man. I must get to know him better."
(Abraham Lincoln)
"Happiness is never an accident. It is the prize we get when we
choose wisely from life's great stores."
(Irene Dunne) [From Mitchell Lazarus' signature]
"My friends are my estate."
(Emily Dickinson, American poet)
"No physical or mental barrier can restrain the power of the human spirit."
(President Obama - on the death of Special Olympics founder Eunice
Kennedy Shriver)
"Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
(Special Olympics motto)
"No legacy is so rich as honesty."
(William Shakespeare)
NOTE: The following quotations have been collected from a variety of
sources ... from e-mail notes and signatures, bulletin boards, the
ASCD SmartBrief and from other sources, as well, over some time.
*****************************
"And that's the way it is."
(Walter Cronkite, American journalist)
"You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have,
for instance."
(Franklin P. Jones) [Sent by Michael Matthews]
"It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on
to something"
(Ornette Coleman) [Sent by Michael Matthews
"I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French writer and aviator)
"Laughter is by definition healthy."
(Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize in Literature recipient)
"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."
(Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet)
"A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the
bricks that others throw at him or her."
(David Brinkley, American TV newscaster)
"If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his/her office at
one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't
want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or
dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional
excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the
classroom teacher's job."
(Donald D. Quinn) [Sent by Michael Matthews]
"A classroom cannot foster the development of autonomy in the
intellectual realm while suppressing it in the social and moral
realms."
(Constance Kamii - professor of early childhood education, University
of Alabama at Birmingham)
"If the child at home wonders whether he is loved, the pupil wonders
whether he is a worthwhile person. In both settings he can find some
kind of answer by observing how others treat him."
(Robert Dreeben, On What is Learned in School)
"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly
making exciting discoveries."
(A. A. Milne, author of "Winnie-the-Pooh")
"A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world."
(John le Carre, English author)
"You don't need a parachute to skydive. You only need one to skydive twice."
(Unknown) [From our secretary, Karen Stotlar]
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."
(Uknown) [Sent by Jo Dill]
"Life itself is the proper binge."
(Julia Child, American chef)
"Be careful what you swallow. Chew!
(Gwendolyn Brooks, American writer)
"In seeking wisdom the first step is silence; the second: listening,
the third: remembering, the fourth: practicing, the fifth: teaching
others."
(Rabbi Shlomo ibn-Gaviro) [Sent by both Maureen Zack and Connie Kelly]
"Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win."
(Jonathan Kozol) [Sent by Joan Cotton]
"A cartoonist is someone who draws the same thing day after day
without repeating himself."
(Charles M. Schultz, cartoonist)
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't
matter and those who matter don't mind."
(Dr. Seuss) [From Jon Bean]
"Happiness is never an accident. It is the prize we get when we
choose wisely from life's great stores."
(Irene Dunne) [From Mitch Lazarus signature]
"The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any
use to oneself."
(Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist and poet)
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
(Eleanor Roosevelt, former U.S. first lady)
"To know how to do something well is to enjoy it"
(Pearl S. Buck) [From Otis Taylor's signature]
"I don't like that man. I must get to know him better."
(Abraham Lincoln)
"Happiness is never an accident. It is the prize we get when we
choose wisely from life's great stores."
(Irene Dunne) [From Mitchell Lazarus' signature]
"My friends are my estate."
(Emily Dickinson, American poet)
"No physical or mental barrier can restrain the power of the human spirit."
(President Obama - on the death of Special Olympics founder Eunice
Kennedy Shriver)
"Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
(Special Olympics motto)
"No legacy is so rich as honesty."
(William Shakespeare)
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