When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style. William Glasser More Quotes by William Glasser More Quotes From William Glasser We learn... William Glasser reading education inspirational If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. In other words, begin to act the part, as well as you can, of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually, the old, fearful person will fade away. William Glasser change fear attitude What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now. William Glasser littles past needs The ultimate use of power is to empower others. William Glasser use-of-power empowering use We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. William Glasser survival freedom fun This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth. William Glasser heart teacher thinking It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice. William Glasser becoming choices impossible Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced. William Glasser life-learning quality add Don't marry someone you would not be friends with if there was no sex between you. William Glasser marriage relationship friendship If everyone could learn that what is right for me does not make it right for anyone else, the world would be a much happier place. William Glasser would-be doe world We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives. William Glasser our-lives choices Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment. William Glasser that-moment moments choices We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts. William Glasser educational school thinking What we get, and all we ever get, from the outside is information; how we choose to act on this information is up to us. William Glasser information We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our heads against it unless we choose to. William Glasser wall stones may The day we stop playing will be the day we stop learning. William Glasser Today much of what we call education is merely knowledge gathering and remembering. Problem solving and thinking, never strong parts of our educational system, have been downgraded in all but a few scientific subjects. William Glasser educational strong thinking The more a person perceives that he/she is loved, the less they will interfere with the lives of others. William Glasser lives-of-others perceive love What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher. William Glasser talking teacher school When we depress, we believe we are the victims of a feeling over which we have no control. William Glasser depressing feelings believe
