"Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself"

"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow"

"At the heart of the Reggio Emilia approach is the belief that children are full of potential, competent, and capable of constructing their own learning"

"A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning"

"A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching"

"Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it"

"Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher"

"Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was believed before"

"Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles"

"Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre"

"A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present"