Richard Lamm Quotes

Those who care, teach. Those who love, teach. Those who can, teach.

I can give my love of learning to other people.

Working with people who have a lot of heart is just the best. You can hire it, but you cannot teach it. It's either there or it's not.

When you think in terms of public service, I heard so much about what Mother Theresa had done in her life. And I was fortunate enough to get a chance to meet her and talk to her a lot about what motivates her and what drives her. And that, to me, is a person that really is an extraordinary role model.

Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.

I have always admired teachers because teaching, like the priesthood, medicine and writing, is a vocation. You don't become a teacher because you want wealth. It is the same with writing.

I think I've inspired a lot of people, and I'm one, if I get a letter and someone's in serious shape, I'll call them. I relate to these people.

When I see other people out there, involved, and really giving their time and effort for the kids, then I don't mind giving my time and effort for the kids as well.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

To be good is noble but to show others how to be good is nobler.

I know it might sound weird, but empathy is one of the greatest creators of energy. It's counterintuitive because it's selfless.

I didn't get into coaching to make money. I got into this for the coaching and teaching part.

Caring makes you want to work harder.

I think the main thing is to find something you care about. A cause. I think it starts with others. Who do you look up to? Who do you want to help? Start in your own community.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

A good teacher who can take the zero pay and help kids develop physically, emotionally, socially, is literally an angel.

My daughter is one of my greatest inspirations. She's an environmentalist, she plays piano, she's raising money for the earthquake victims in Nepal. Every day she surprises me and teaches me something.

I find people who want to help other people to be the most interesting. I come from a family of teachers, and my friends are teachers, often times in very difficult school situations.

My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.

I wanted to contribute my time, myself, my knowledge, my love, because Haiti is my everything.

I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul. I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.

Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.

Love is a better teacher than duty.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

No man has a right to be idle. Where is it that in such a world as this, that health, and leisure, and affluence may not find some ignorance to instruct, some wrong to redress, some want to supply, some misery to alleviate?