Quotations
“Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.” ~~ Robert Frost
“Learning is not a spectator sport.” ~~ Anonymous
“A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.” ~~ Louisa May Alcott
“As a teacher I feel I have a moral obligation to help the children in my classroom grow toward becoming full human beings and to feel successful.” ~~ Jean Medick
“You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating
curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.” ~~ Clay P. Bedford
“I long to hear that you have declared independence — and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.” ~~ Abigail Adams to John Adams, March 31, 1776
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. ” ~~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.” ~~ Albus Dumbledore, in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” by J.K. Rowling
“When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles ‘em.” ~~ Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Chapter 9