Quotes by Educator | Beyond Motive 12/31

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"Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers."

"Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Man, Men, Office

4

"A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from every narrow principle, and let the public good become the sole object of your united Christian efforts."

"A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from every narrow principle, and let the public good become the sole object of your united Christian efforts."

Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

Christian, Evil, Public, United

4

"There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government."

"There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government."

William Vickrey, Canadian Educator

Government, Justification

4

"It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach."

"It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach."

Benjamin E. Mays, American Educator

Life, Lie, Goal, Lies

4

"This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him."

"This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him."

William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

Respect, Service

4

"Of course, not everybody's willing to go out and do the experiments, but for the people who are willing to go out and do that, - if the experiments don't work, then it means it's not science."

"Of course, not everybody's willing to go out and do the experiments, but for the people who are willing to go out and do that, - if the experiments don't work, then it means it's not science."

Seth Lloyd, American Educator

Science, Work, People

4

"Many people recognize that technology often comes with unintended and undesirable side effects."

"Many people recognize that technology often comes with unintended and undesirable side effects."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Technology, People

4

"Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God."

"Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God."

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish Educator

God, Light, World, Worship

4

"But let no one be under any doubt that the scale of the challenge that Europe faces in this emerging global economy is immense and the practical pace of our collective action to meet these challenge to date has just been too slow."

"But let no one be under any doubt that the scale of the challenge that Europe faces in this emerging global economy is immense and the practical pace of our collective action to meet these challenge to date has just been too slow."

John Hutton, English Educator

Action, Challenge, Doubt, Economy

4

"A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim and adopt some other view. The best reforms are worked out when sentiment operates, as it does in women, with the indignation of righteousness."

"A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim and adopt some other view. The best reforms are worked out when sentiment operates, as it does in women, with the indignation of righteousness."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Woman, Women, Thought, Man, Right

4

"Thirteen years after the end of the Soviet Union, the American press establishment seemed eager to turn Ukraine's protested presidential election on November 21 into a new cold war with Russia."

"Thirteen years after the end of the Soviet Union, the American press establishment seemed eager to turn Ukraine's protested presidential election on November 21 into a new cold war with Russia."

Stephen Cohen, American Educator

War, End, Press

4

"We speculate as to what is in store for us. But we not only undergo events, we in part cause them or at least influence their course. We have not only to study them but to act."

"We speculate as to what is in store for us. But we not only undergo events, we in part cause them or at least influence their course. We have not only to study them but to act."

Emily Greene Balch, American Educator

Act, Cause, Events, Influence

4

"There is no question that we are in a period in which we are going to have to use those sources to fund about 35 million dollars a year that used to be paid for by the federal government."

"There is no question that we are in a period in which we are going to have to use those sources to fund about 35 million dollars a year that used to be paid for by the federal government."

Charles Vest, American Educator

Government, Question

4

$"Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device."$

"Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device."

Lawrence Lessig, American Educator

Legal, Work, Value

4

"To repeat, communitarians maintain that we are constituted as persons by our particular obligations, and therefore those obligations cannot be a matter of choice."

"To repeat, communitarians maintain that we are constituted as persons by our particular obligations, and therefore those obligations cannot be a matter of choice."

Tom G. Palmer, American Educator

4

"The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits of his intelligence, his capacity, his industry and skill are among the inalienable inheritances of humanity."

"The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits of his intelligence, his capacity, his industry and skill are among the inalienable inheritances of humanity."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Intelligence, Benefits, Humanity, Right

4

"For instance, I was a little surprised that the Shiites didn't rise up against Saddam and the Baath party across most of the country when the Americans moved in March and April of 2003."

"For instance, I was a little surprised that the Shiites didn't rise up against Saddam and the Baath party across most of the country when the Americans moved in March and April of 2003."

Juan Cole, American Educator

Shiites, Americans, April, Country, March

4

"The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes."

"The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes."

Freda Adler, American Educator

Morality, Behavior, Culture

4

"In this business you either sink or swim or you don't."

"In this business you either sink or swim or you don't."

David Smith, American Educator

4

"Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both."

"Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both."

Horace Mann, American Educator

Truth, Greatness, Will

4

"No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts."

"No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts."

Norman Lamm, American Educator

Fact, Facts, May, Religious, Theories

4

"We've been doing this here since 1968, so we have been identified as an example of a free, democratic school, and many professors want to expose their students to our philosophy."

"We've been doing this here since 1968, so we have been identified as an example of a free, democratic school, and many professors want to expose their students to our philosophy."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

Education, Example, Philosophy, School, Students

4

"The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether."

"The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Abortion, Children, Controversy

4

"The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important than genetics."

"The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important than genetics."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Science, Genetics

4

"I grew up Jewish, became an atheist and a Marxist, and 28 years ago, at age 26, became a Christian."

"I grew up Jewish, became an atheist and a Marxist, and 28 years ago, at age 26, became a Christian."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

Age, Christian, Years

4

"But effective regulation at the European Union level can make a massive contribution to achieving our shared goals of improving competitiveness, jobs and growth."

"But effective regulation at the European Union level can make a massive contribution to achieving our shared goals of improving competitiveness, jobs and growth."

John Hutton, English Educator

Goal, Goals, Growth, Jobs

4

"I spend my happiest hours in reading Vedantic books. They are to me like the light of the morning, like the pure air of the mountains - so simple, so true, if once understood."

"I spend my happiest hours in reading Vedantic books. They are to me like the light of the morning, like the pure air of the mountains - so simple, so true, if once understood."

Max Muller, German Educator

Books, Light, Mountains, Reading

4

"Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society."

"Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society."

Emily Greene Balch, American Educator

Man, Men, Society, Freedom, Liberty

4

"There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life."

"There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life."

Booker T. Washington, American Educator

Life, Power, Earth, Influence

4

"Childhood has its secrets and its mysteries; but who can tell or who can explain them!"

"Childhood has its secrets and its mysteries; but who can tell or who can explain them!"

Max Muller, German Educator

Family, Childhood, Secrets

4

"I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think."

"I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think."

Anne Sullivan, American Educator

Education, Beginning

4

"The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one."

"The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one."

Felix Adler, German Educator

4

"A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration."

"A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration."

William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

Encouragement, Encouraging, Admiration, Respect, Word

4

"Because - Bobby Lewis said this once to us in class, the better you get, the less credit you'll get. Because the better you are, the more it looks like walking and talking and everybody thinks they can walk and talk."

"Because - Bobby Lewis said this once to us in class, the better you get, the less credit you'll get. Because the better you are, the more it looks like walking and talking and everybody thinks they can walk and talk."

James Lipton, American Educator

Education, Class, Credit, Talk, Talking

4

"Strategy 101 is about choices: You can't be all things to all people."

"Strategy 101 is about choices: You can't be all things to all people."

Michael Porter, American Educator

People, Strategy

4

"There is no reason inherent in the real resources available to us why we cannot move rapidly within the next two or three years to a state of genuine full employment."

"There is no reason inherent in the real resources available to us why we cannot move rapidly within the next two or three years to a state of genuine full employment."

William Vickrey, Canadian Educator

Reason, State, Years

4

"Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons."

"Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

Life, Personality, Suffering

4

"Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time."

"Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time."

Horace Mann, American Educator

Money, Time, Act, Dishonesty

4

"I was originally going to be a lawyer, and the only thing I remember from the art of cross-examination is - you can see this one coming up Sixth Avenue - never ask a question the answer to which you do not know."

"I was originally going to be a lawyer, and the only thing I remember from the art of cross-examination is - you can see this one coming up Sixth Avenue - never ask a question the answer to which you do not know."

James Lipton, American Educator

4

"Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message."

"Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message."

Charles Vest, American Educator

Education, Life, Science, Technology

4

"Without natural gifts technical rules are useless."

"Without natural gifts technical rules are useless."

Quintilian, Roman Educator

Knowledge, Gifts, Rules

4

"Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge."

"Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge."

Horace Mann, American Educator

Education, Safety

4

"The media only wants to get the view of the flaming radicals because they make better copy than those of us who are more sensible. I'm a feminist and I think I've done a lot of good."

"The media only wants to get the view of the flaming radicals because they make better copy than those of us who are more sensible. I'm a feminist and I think I've done a lot of good."

Betty Dodson, American Educator

4

"One other fact is significant: the domestic feasts and sacrifices of single families, which in David's time must still have been general, gradually declined and lost their importance as social circles widened and life became more public."

"One other fact is significant: the domestic feasts and sacrifices of single families, which in David's time must still have been general, gradually declined and lost their importance as social circles widened and life became more public."

Julius Wellhausen, German Educator

Life, Time, Fact, Importance

4

"But, if you observe children learning in their first few years of life, you can see that they can and do learn on their own - we leave them alone to crawl, walk, talk, and gain control over their bodies. It happens without much help from parents."

"But, if you observe children learning in their first few years of life, you can see that they can and do learn on their own - we leave them alone to crawl, walk, talk, and gain control over their bodies. It happens without much help from parents."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

Life, Control, Children, First

4

"In listing these tendencies making for a new world, we must not forget developments in the religious or spiritual thinking and feeling of mankind, where also we feel a strong unifying trend."

"In listing these tendencies making for a new world, we must not forget developments in the religious or spiritual thinking and feeling of mankind, where also we feel a strong unifying trend."

Emily Greene Balch, American Educator

Emotional, Feeling, Forget, Mankind, Religious

4

"Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before."

"Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before."

Carol P. Christ, American Educator

Values, Beliefs, Will, Years

4

"I would suggest, merely as a metaphor here, but also as the basis for a scientific program to investigate the computational capacity of the universe, that this is also a reasonable explanation for why the universe is complex."

"I would suggest, merely as a metaphor here, but also as the basis for a scientific program to investigate the computational capacity of the universe, that this is also a reasonable explanation for why the universe is complex."

Seth Lloyd, American Educator

Philosophy, Metaphor, Universe

4

"The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a depression."

"The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a depression."

William Vickrey, Canadian Educator

Politics, Depression, Economy, End, Pursuit

4

"The data, however, do indicate that Christians who see Jews through a 17th-century lens, believing that most are thoroughly religious, are thoroughly wrong."

"The data, however, do indicate that Christians who see Jews through a 17th-century lens, believing that most are thoroughly religious, are thoroughly wrong."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

Tolerance, Religious, Wrong

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