Motivation Of Education Quotes & Sayings

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

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

With diligent practice, you will be an expert. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Every child ought to be educated. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

We find ourselves in the pursuit of our dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

I live within the world of books. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

Begin to study. You can master any field of choice. — 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

Every experience makes us wiser. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Renew your mind more often by reading variety of books — Lailah Gifty Akita

How to teach again what has been taught correctly it incorrectly 1000 thousand times, throughout the millenniums of mankind's prudent folly? That is the hero's ultimate difficult task. How to render back into light-world language the speech-defying pronouncements of the dark? Many failures attest to the difficulties of this life-affirmative threshold. — Joseph Campbell

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

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

It is the spirit of the poets that gives the soldiers strength to fight. — Casting Crowns

It is hard not to feel that there must be something very wrong with much of what we do in school, if we feel the need to worry so much about what many people call 'motivation'. A child has no stronger desire than to make sense of the world, to move freely in it, to do the things that he sees bigger people doing. — John Holt

We spend great sum of money to buy good books, so that we can satisfy our pleasure of reading. — Lailah Gifty Akita

SIMPLICIO: ... You have to [learn to] walk before you can run.
SALVIATI: No, you have to have something you want to run toward. — Paul Lockhart

My 11 #books come without pomp n frills, for all seeking #true #meaning & unafraid of overcoming past conditioning. #Rewards are infinite — Michael Levy

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 cornerstone of the Roman legionnaires' astonishing fighting spirit can be attributed to their training. — Peter Heather

Historical gap is created due to missing written records. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In the pages of a book, we are in paradise. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

Let go of temporary pleasures for a permanent joy. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Failure is only an experience. Experience is the foundation of any success. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Each one of us is endowed with specific sacred-skill. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

I've been wondering if in fact ideal platonic love isn't just an intensely concentrated form of what inspires the best teachers. — Edmund Marlowe

The greatest strength is the spirit of endurance. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Thirty-three percent of all of our regrets pertain to decisions we made about education. — Kathryn Schulz

Those who are fortunate to be educated, must light the flame of fire. — 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

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

The achievement of dreams demands 100 percent dedication. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Without a vision, where is the focus? — Lailah Gifty Akita

There is neither mistake nor failures. It is only experience. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you are born on this planet, we want to make sure you get the kind of education you actually deserve. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

If I have nothing but a room full of books, it is enough for me to survive life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

History must be documented; every moment is a sacred history. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The Bible is the greatest literature of all times. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Passion is a deep love for sacred activity. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

Every experience lays the foundation for the ultimate success. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Three powerful d's of life; Dream. Desire. Dare. — 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

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

Without a vision, we are easy destructed by the storm's of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It is only by giving our very best to the present; we will uphold the timeless future. — 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 persistent in the pursuit of your dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You are responsibility of your life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Dream. Desire. Dare. — Lailah Gifty Akita