EDU101-002Quotes

These are quotes collected by students in EDU 101-001 at University of Maine at Farmington.
__Directions:__ 1. Write your quote. Put quotation marks around it. 2. Put the name of the author and the source. 3. Write "contributed by: " and then your name under it. 4. Insert a horizontal line below your entry.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. Jonathan Kozol Contributed by: Marie Doucette

"Even a 1000 mile journey starts with a single step." - Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu Contributed by: Ellen Anderstrom

"If the student fails to learn, the teacher fails to teach." -Anonymous Contributed by: Tess Rockwood

"Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson."-Vernon Law Contributed by: Ben Kent

"I'm not going to do anything I don't want to do. Life owes me happiness, fulfillment and success. I'm just here to cash in."-Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes) Contributed by: Teile Prescott

"Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand." - Chinese Proverb Contributed by: Jess Bernhardt

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” -Herman Cain Contributed by: Hue Nguyen

"A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove . . . . but the world maybe different because I was important in the life of a child." - Kathy Davis Contributed by: Valerie Terry

"Laurence Houseman once said, "a saint is one who makes goodness attractive." Surely, a great teacher does the same for education" John Trimble Conrtributed by: Hannah Bradstreet

"Our Progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progresss in education. Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for economic growth, and the demands of citizenship itself in an era such as this all require the smaximum developmen of every young American's capacity. The human mind is our fundamental ressource."- JFK

Contributed by: Chris Brennick

"I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework" -Lilly Tomlin Contributed by: Joel Hatfield

"In the development of intelligence nothing can be more "basic" than learning how to ask productive questions." -Neil Postman (1980)

Contributed by: Kayla Coombs

"Those who have words have power..." -Misty Beck

Contributed by: Monique Trundy

"A country without a memory is a country of madmen"--George Santayana Contributed by: Geoff Cyr

"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge--myth is more potent than history--dreams are more powerful than facts--hope always triumphs over experience--laughter is the cure for grief--love is stronger than death." -Robert Fulghum (an American author and minister) Contributed by: Jennifer M. Pelletier - "The true teacher defends his pupils against his personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He has no disciple." -Amos Bronson Alcott Contributed: Andrea Simoneau