William Glasser Quotes

Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher can do is set a context, raise questions or enter into a kind of a dialogic relationship with their students.

The great want of our race is perfect educators to train new-born minds, who are infallible teachers of what is right and true.

A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.

To teach is to learn twice.

I love the classroom.

If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.

Everybody's a teacher if you listen.

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher.

When I think back on my favorite teachers, I don't remember anymore much of what they taught me, but I sure remember being excited about learning it. What has stayed with me are not the facts they imparted, but the excitement about learning they inspired.

In many ways, 'What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World' is just one big thank-you note to my teachers. The book is dedicated to my fifth and sixth grade English teacher, Dr. Joseph D'Angelo, a massive force of erudition, martial artistry, culture, and love.

Schooling is so important.

Teachers are unparalleled in the role they play in children's lives.

I have been a teacher myself all my life. I have an intense passion to share with people. Our only salvation is in knowledge, in learning.

I've been lucky enough to work with extraordinary teachers along the way, and I'm excited to share what I've learned with graduate students at SNHU. I'm just as excited for what I'll learn from them.

Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.

While we teach, we learn.

You want to teach the next generation so they can learn a little bit faster and a little bit more so everything becomes that much better.

If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

Teachers are by nature idealists, and they believe anything can be learned.

Give me a log hut, with only a simple bench, Mark Hopkins on one end and I on the other, and you may have all the buildings, apparatus and libraries without him.