Quotes

"The quality of learning rarely exceeds the quality of teaching" ~David Sousa

"Never question ability. Always improve strategy" Marcus Conyers

"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." ~John Lennon

“Each one teach one.”~ Marian Diamond

“All human interactions are opportunities to learn or to teach.”~ M. Scott Peck

“Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Remember that nothing that’s good works by itself just to please you. You’ve got to make the damn thing work.” ~ Thomas Edison

A teacher opens the door but you must enter yourself.~ Chinese proverb

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you dont try."~ Beverley Sills

“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”~Eric Hoffer

"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well." ~Rene Descartes

“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently." ~ Henry Ford

“The person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” ~Albert Einstein

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” ~ Martin Luther King Jr

“There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that’s your own self.” ~ Aldous Huxley

“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart” ~ Emma Bombeck

“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ (I found it!) but ‘That’s funny….’.” ~ Isaac Asimov

“Speak not a word by which anyone could be wounded”. ~ Hindu proverb

Reflection Questions: If we do use words that wound someone, what can we do to heal the wound?

“Be kind, for every person you meet is fighting a hard battle.” ~Ian Maclaren

Reflection Questions: What does this quote tell us?

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change.” ~ Charles Darwin

“In times of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.” ~Eric Hoffer

“Change happens one conversation at a time.” ~Margaret Wheatley

Reflection Questions: Why is change scary? How do you decide if change is good or bad? When have you faced great change in your life, what did you do to cope? What would you like to change?

Start believing in our students, affirm it in everything you do and say. Start today, and get ready for a great tomorrow. Gavin Clowes

“There is more to us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less.” ~ Kurt Hahn

“...I was once present at a meeting presided over by Doctor Carl Reinhardt. One schoolmaster made the remark, 'I have no faith in this boy.' Dr. Reinhardt said to him, 'Then you have no right to educate him.” ~ Kurt Hahn

Reflection Questions: What would it look like if all our students were confident, competent and comfortable? How would they feel? How would they treat others?

You don’t have to see the stair case; you just need to see the next step.” ~ Martin Luther King