Thomas Friedman Quotes

I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.

I'd have to struggle to find a subject in which I can't get some kind of interested pulse started.

I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.

Great teachers are the ones who inspire you.

You should always think about things that excite you and that you can learn from.

During my time at Watchung Hills Regional High School, I was fortunate to have a number of teachers who inspired me and filled me with enthusiasm for learning.

To learn something new every day is still exciting!

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

Howard Zinn was magical as a teacher. Witty, irreverent, and wise, he loved what he was teaching and clearly wanted his students to love it, also.

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.

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

It's hard to teach passionately about something that you don't have a passion for.

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

I value teaching. It's one of the places I get inspiration, engagement.

I tell kids to be as passionate about your education as you are about anything else in life.

Every day, teachers across the country excite their students with new opportunities and experiences.

You have to have passion for a subject to write about it. You can't expect your readers to feel any excitement if it's nothing but a boring writing exercise for you.

There are some subjects in school that I love, but it can still feel like a chore. Acting never feels like a chore.

To me, the avocation of a teacher has something elevating and exciting. While surrounded by the young, one may always be doing good.

I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting.

Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.

I like teaching and the contact with young minds keeps one on one's toes.

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.

Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures - they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself.

Anyone can be self-educated if they find the loose end of something to care about passionately.