Wednesday, September 2, 2009

THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION & TEACHING

From my Ron White newsletter, some great quotes on education and teaching:

"If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability."
—Henry Ford

"Success is a process that continues, not a status that you reach. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned."
—Denis Waitley

"The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts."
—Rene Descartes

"Education is, after all, a serious business. Its lifeblood is standards. If there are no standards, how do we call something higher education?"
—William J. Bennett

"I believe people should study a little bit every day. It should become habitual, like brushing your teeth, combing your hair, having a shower or getting dressed. Study the mind, the laws of the universe and paradigms. There's enough information on those subjects to keep a person studying forever."
—Bob Proctor

"In times of change, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."
—Eric Hoffer

"Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained."
—James A. Garfield

"If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around."
—Jim Rohn