Famous quotes by Educators

Educators"Education and learning is not the filling of a pail, but the lights of a fire." - William Butler Yeats

Education and learning is a powerful device that can shape the future of people and also culture as a whole. Throughout history, teachers have shared their wisdom on the importance of understanding and the effect it can carry our lives. William Butler Yeats, an Irish poet and also playwright, is one such educator who thought that education must have to do with stiring up an enthusiasm for understanding and exploration, rather than merely filling up a jug with facts as well as figures. His quote, "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire," is a reminder of the transformative power of education and the importance of motivating pupils to pursue their passions.
Small: But we can turn challenges into opportunities if we look outwards to the realities of the global economy and m
"But we can turn challenges into opportunities if we look outwards to the realities of the global economy and modernise our internal institutions in ways that will equip Europe to meet that challenge and create confidence amongst the public"
John Hutton, Educator
Small: We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems
John W. Gardner
"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems"
John W. Gardner, Educator
Small: Whats happened with society is that we have created these devices, computers, which already can register and p
"What's happened with society is that we have created these devices, computers, which already can register and process huge amounts of information, which is a significant fraction of the amount of information that human beings themselves, as a species, can process"
Seth Lloyd, Educator
Small: Having decisions made not in midnight deals but in the light of objective evidence and after consulting those
"Having decisions made not in midnight deals but in the light of objective evidence and after consulting those who will be affected should itself provide some reassurance that the EU is trying to reform itself"
John Hutton, Educator
Small: If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better th
John W. Gardner
"If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are"
John W. Gardner, Educator
Small: Americans have a penchant for the future and tend to disregard the past
"Americans have a penchant for the future and tend to disregard the past"
Alan Dundes, Educator
Small: A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators m
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
Small: Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family memb
"Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant"
Alan Dundes, Educator
Small: Man is a messenger who forgot the message
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Man is a messenger who forgot the message"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
Small: We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefore, to g
"We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefore, to give a meaning to the universe"
Miguel de Unamuno, Educator
Small: The influx of women into paid work and her increased power raise a womans aspirations and hopes for equal trea
Arlie Russell Hochschild
"The influx of women into paid work and her increased power raise a woman's aspirations and hopes for equal treatment at home. Her lower wage and status at work and the threat of divorce reduce what she presses for and actually expects"
Arlie Russell Hochschild, Educator
Small: The major material advantage, financial advantage from having a reserve currency is that between 200 and 300 b
"The major material advantage, financial advantage from having a reserve currency is that between 200 and 300 billion dollar bills, that may be twenty, fifty, hundred dollar bills as well as ones, exist in the world - a lot of them in Russia as you all know I'm sure"
Robert C. Solomon, Educator
Small: To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age
"To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age"
Amos Bronson Alcott, Educator
Small: Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana
"Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana"
Vinoba Bhave, Educator
Small: I requested the gentlemen to put on their hats, and the ladies their shawls, to avoid catching cold, and then
"I requested the gentlemen to put on their hats, and the ladies their shawls, to avoid catching cold, and then had the windows widely opened. This proceeding caused some astonishment and alarm at first; for the Americans generally have a dread of cold air"
George Combe, Educator
Small: Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive ourselves
"Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive ourselves of an important, and legal, means to detect and prevent terrorist attacks while we are still in the middle of a fight to the death with al Qaeda"
John Yoo, Educator
Small: And then as I frequently do, some times Ill peek out from underneath the focusing cloth and just look around t
"And then as I frequently do, some times I'll peek out from underneath the focusing cloth and just look around the edges of the frame that I'm not seeing, see if there's something that should be adjusted in terms of changing the camera position"
John Sexton, Educator
Small: Would not the childs heart break in despair when the first cold storm of the world sweeps over it, if the warm
"Would not the child's heart break in despair when the first cold storm of the world sweeps over it, if the warm sunlight of love from the eyes of mother and father did not shine upon him like the soft reflection of divine light and love?"
Max Muller, Educator
Small: Ones age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out o
"One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful"
Thomas Arnold, Educator
Small: All of the studies we do in my group are quantified
"All of the studies we do in my group are quantified"
Robert Sternberg, Educator
Small: We want an economic team, Paul Krugman and Robert Kuttner, Joseph Steiglitzs people and others, who say, you k
"We want an economic team, Paul Krugman and Robert Kuttner, Joseph Steiglitz's people and others, who say, you know what? We're sophisticated economists but we're concerned about poor and working people"
Cornel West, Educator
Small: The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human kind, t
"The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity"
Anna Julia Cooper, Educator
Small: The thing is, continuity of strategic direction and continuous improvement in how you do things are absolutely
Michael Porter
"The thing is, continuity of strategic direction and continuous improvement in how you do things are absolutely consistent with each other. In fact, they're mutually reinforcing"
Michael Porter, Educator
Small: One hundred and ten years from now no one who is here now will be alive
Morrie Schwartz
"One hundred and ten years from now no one who is here now will be alive"
Morrie Schwartz, Educator
Small: If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, th
"If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?"
Maria Montessori, Educator
Small: From my time in Health I know that choice empowers people lives
"From my time in Health I know that choice empowers people lives"
John Hutton, Educator
Small: Yet in order to make sure the European social model keeps up with the pace of economic change that is now nece
"Yet in order to make sure the European social model keeps up with the pace of economic change that is now necessary, the EU must embrace a new approach to lawmaking"
John Hutton, Educator
Small: Some people argue that we should limit choice in favour of good local services. My response is simple: why sho
"Some people argue that we should limit choice in favour of good local services. My response is simple: why should we assume those two concepts are mutually exclusive?"
John Hutton, Educator
Small: Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union
"Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union"
John Hutton, Educator
Small: My view is that targets, properly constructed and applied across public services have been fundamental to past
"My view is that targets, properly constructed and applied across public services have been fundamental to past successes and will be an essential part of sustaining progress into the future"
John Hutton, Educator
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