John Dewey reminded us that the value of what students do 'resides in its connection with a stimulation of greater thoughtfulness, not in the greater strain it imposes.

Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.

If children feel safe, they can take risks, ask questions, make mistakes, learn to trust, share their feelings, and grow.

Educational success should be measured by how strong your desire is to keep learning.

Children, after all, are not just adults-in-the-making. They are people whose current needs and rights and experiences must be taken seriously.

In outstanding classrooms, teachers do more listening than talking, and students do more talking than listening. Terrific teachers often have teeth marks on their tongues.

Educators remind us that what counts in a classroom is not what the teacher teaches; it’s what the learner learns.

Saying you taught it but the student didn't learn it is like saying you sold it but the customer didn't buy it.

Whoever said there's no such thing as a stupid question never looked carefully at a standardized test.

If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task.

People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a community than they will in a workplace in which each person is left to his own devices

Who’s there?”“The scratcher of your itch, ” he said.She opened the door a crack and stuck her nose out. “Was that supposed to be romantic?

Accept the place the divine providence has found for you the society of your contemporaries the connection of events.

If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film, THE most important person is the director. The director says where the camera goes.

And I was crying for gravity. It had sent me down the stairs, and I'd thought that meant something, but maybe it was just the direction that all things tend to flow.

If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying.

Betrayal is the deepest wound. Betrayal is what remains of love, when love has gone.

There is no excuse for anyone not to train three times a week...Anyone can change their mind if they want to. It's all about motivation

Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first.

The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.

I admit that when the facts are not good enough, I always exaggerate them.