Quotes & Sayings About Education And Motivation

May you find the confidence and courage to climb new heights. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The study of motivation goes back to the Greeks. Their sports were essential to their education. They saw in sports the integration of body, mind and soul, the creation of beauty, the mastering of athletics, and the challenge of competition. A French sociologist points this out. "Sports," he wrote, was part of the education of the citizen. He was expected to engage in exercise for a whole series of reasons that had to do with the shaping of the citizen; the relation between moral good and physical good; and the growth of a person. — George A. Sheehan

Lyndon Johnson knew how to make the most of such enthusiasm and how to play on it and intensify it. He wanted his audience to become involved. He wanted their hands up in the air. And having been a schoolteacher he knew how to get their hands up. He began, in his speeches, to ask questions. — Robert A. Caro

It is only God who gives strength and wisdom for fulfill the God-given dream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Writers and learners will write better and learn more if they understand the "why" of what they are studying. — William Zinsser

Hate school but love school and threat it right so you can be where you love to be all right? — Mohlalefi J Motsima

In my own view, some advice about what should be known, about what technical education should be acquired, about the intense motivation needed to succeed, and about the carelessness and inclination toward bias that must be avoided is far more useful than all the rules and warnings of theoretical logic. — Santiago Ramon Y Cajal

Use your time and your strength for your accomplishments. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A willing soul will keenly go the length, breadth and depth to fulfill the dream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Education is the system that's supposed to develop our natural abilities and enable us to make our way in the world. Instead, it is stifling the individual talents and abilities of too many students and killing their motivation to learn. There's a huge irony in the middle of all of this. — Ken Robinson

Why is it that such a basic education such as not quitting or not giving up is always continued to be taught? When we drive to a destination and hit a stop light or a train do we turn back around no because we will never arrive to that destination pretty easy concept to understand for everyone.

There are many more basic examples that are "Basic" but the real reason is that 99.9% of most understand basic concepts but we don't listen to our intuition. We know action, consistency, not quitting are basic to success.

Once Fear, Anxiety, Love, Laziness, lack of focus and ambition are overcome by our strength of intuition then we can achieve anything that we want. — Matthew Donnelly

Spiritual-self consist of a determined soul and indomitable spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We must passionately learn, unlearn and relearn. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Thus if we know a child has had sufficient opportunity to observe and acquire a behavioral sequence, and we know he is physically capable of performing the act but does not do so, then it is reasonable to assume that it is motivation which is lacking. The appropriate countermeasure then involves increasing the subjective value of the desired act relative to any competing response tendencies he might have, rather than having the model senselessly repeat an already redundant sequence of behavior. — Urie Bronfenbrenner

Every great accomplishments requires great grace and great enthusiasm. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Money never remains just coins and pieces of paper. Money can be translated into the beauty of living, a support in misfortune, an education, or future security. — Sylvia Porter

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker. — Stanley Kubrick

Every child should be taught how to read, write and think. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Make plans for your new goals. And press towards achieving the goals with all your strength. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Become loving and become courageous. Become the inspiration which you seek outside. Bring the metaphorical heart of your limbic system in sync with the analytical powerhouse of the prefrontal cortex. From your mind shall rise the inspiration. From your mind shall rise the love. From your mind shall rise the greatest education of all. — Abhijit Naskar

The greatest self are self-improvement, self-development and self-discovery. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Devote yourself to reading, learning and writing. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is once, Death is Once, You'll find happy and sad. If your life doesn't move into other side, you may be a loser. — Ady Mifarizki

Boldly and confidently, reach out to your dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Mentoring is passion for skills and knowledge-transfer to young people — Lailah Gifty Akita

Don't fall asleep in classes. It's such a lucky thing you have, to be taught and to be learning and not have to be working in a shop somewhere. — Mitch Albom

With all your energy and strength, chase your dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be awake and arise to fulfill your dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

And so, there in the penitentiary, Juan's education began. He didn't want to be a puto weakling, so he worked hard at learning to read. His earthly body was locked up, but his mind was set free as a young eagle soaring through the heavens. — Victor Villasenor

The truest knowledge is to know thy Creator and thy self. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Education always precedes experience but Your real victory is when you Experience something you haven't been educated for and you Excel. — Vikrmn

Whatever you dream of, be bold and pursue it. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything. — William J. Clinton

Find the will power and begin to chase your dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

From the standpoint of education, genius means essentially 'giving birth to the joy in learning.' I'd like to suggest that this is the central task of all educators. It is the genius of the student that is the driving force behind all learning. Before educators take on any of the other important issues in learning, they must first have a thorough understanding of what lies at the core of each student's intrinsic motivation to learn, and that motivation originates in each student's genius. — Thomas Armstrong

Without visions and written goals, what direction are we going to head? — Lailah Gifty Akita

I had a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and that almost destroyed me. — Bunker Roy

Teach a person to think and they'll devise a way to eat for a lifetime — William Robson

Making systems work is the great task of my generation of physicians and scientists. But I would go further and say that making systems work - whether in healthcare, education, climate change, making a pathway out of poverty - is the great task of our generation as a whole. — Atul Gawande

May you the willpower and chase your God-given dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

God gives life, strength and wisdom for every accomplishment. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Neither formal education, desire, hard work, nor being a good person guarantees success... the most important key to success is self-motivation. And a consciously chosen vision of the future is a powerful aid to motivate yourself. — Phil Laut

Be spiritual and successful. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The times today are too dangerous for the young and the smart to be not bothered. Know the truth. Remember, "We can deny the truth. But, we can't avoid it." We have been there; we have all been there. Ask a female friend who is fighting for a better pay scale, ask the father of an immigrant who is nervous about the future of his daughter, ask a gay friend who is fighting for the right to marry, ask an African-American friend who wants her younger brother to be unafraid and proud, ask a homeless worker in Bangladesh whose house just got swept by rising sea levels, ask a young child in Beijing who breathes an air polluted by fossil fuels, ask a child labor in India who works ten hours and twelve hours to get two square meals a day. And, when you ask, you will know. You will know why we need to take it personally. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

Desire is the key to motivation, but determination, commitment, and actions are the keys to success. — Debasish Mridha

The whole system was based upon getting kids to a certain standard and packing their minds with information so they could go on to a good university ... The great failure in education, much of the time, is a lack of excitement and stimulus. — Bill Bryson

As a former high school teacher and a student in a class of 60 urchins at St. Brigid's grammar school, I know that education is all about discipline and motivation. Disadvantaged students need extra attention, a stable school environment, and enough teacher creativity to stimulate their imaginations. Those things are not expensive. — Bill O'Reilly

With certainty, courage and commitment, the dream will be a reality. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Do people with this mindset believe that anyone can be anything, that anyone with proper motivation or education can become Einstein or Beethoven? No, but they believe that a person's true potential is unknown (and unknowable); that it's impossible to foresee what can be accomplished with years of passion, toil, and training. — Carol S. Dweck

The greatest adventure is reading! — Lailah Gifty Akita

With passionate dedication and work hard, you will fulfill your dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-confidence and self-seeking are the greatest virtues. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Personal force, determined spirit and self confidence are your greatest self. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The enthusiasm to work hard and endless determination are the two great skills for success. — Lailah Gifty Akita