Category: Daily Thoughts

“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.”

“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

“I’m not sayin’ I’m gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will.”

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”

“Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”

“Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.”

“Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

“We’re trying to give the young people something that can help them, and we don’t know exactly what it ought to be.”