Positive Education Quotes & Sayings

But it was only the twentieth century in Europe that had universal education and the belief in progress - a net gain of knowledge among all. And that's now been abandoned as a goal." "Why?" "It was too difficult. People weren't prepared to put in the hours on the donkey work - you know, dates and facts and so on. I think in retrospect my generation will be seen as a turning point. From now on there'll be a net loss of knowledge in Europe. The difference between a peasant community in fourteenth-century Iran and modern London, though, is that if with their meager resources the villagers occasionally slipped backward, it was not for lack of trying. But with us, here in England, it was a positive choice. We chose to know less. — Sebastian Faulks

- I had a good classical education, and a positive distaste for business of any kind; that was the capital with which I faced the world [ ... ] I reflected, then, on my want of prospects, and I determined to embark in literature.
- Really; that was strange. You seem to be in pretty comfortable circumstances, though. — Arthur Machen

Our feelings are best articulated with words. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Books open and broaden our minds allowing us to challenge ourselves to become more than we are, by setting positive goals for ourselves, and overcoming doubts about our ability to receive the education we want to achieve. — Ellen J. Barrier

You must desire it, to claim it. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Never let your fear of the unknown and things being too difficult make your choices for you in life. One of the saddest lessons in life is finding out that your fear made the situation worse than what it was and a braver person stole the dream you gave up on. — Shannon L. Alder

Self-discovery is a sacred knowledge — Lailah Gifty Akita

We invest in things like the future, like our children, like education. In other words, we invest in things that we understand we will not see an immediate return of investment but everybody knows it will have a positive impact and you can easily measure it over the course of time. Your why is exactly the same thing. — Simon Sinek

You have the capacity to do the work.
Find the willpower to begin work. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In brief, the teaching process, as commonly observed, has nothing to do with the investigation and establishment of facts, assuming that actual facts may ever be determined. Its sole purpose is to cram the pupils, as rapidly and as painlessly as possible, with the largest conceivable outfit of current axioms, in all departments of human thought - to make the pupil a good citizen, which is to say, a citizen differing as little as possible, in positive knowledge and habits of mind, from all other citizens. In other words, it is the mission of the pedagogue, not to make his pupils think, but to make them think right, and the more nearly his own mind pulsates with the great ebbs and flows of popular delusion and emotion, the more admirably he performs his function. He may be an ass, but this is surely no demerit in a man paid to make asses of his customers. — H.L. Mencken

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

If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Celebrate every small achievement and gain strength for grandeur things. — Lailah Gifty Akita

One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding. — Paulo Freire

The United Nations has long recognised that the imagination, ideals and energies of young men and women are vital for the continuing development of the societies in which they live. And since its inception in 1948, AIESEC has contributed to this development by serving as an agent of positive change trough education and cultural exchange. — Kofi Annan

Positive madness leads to new knowledge. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We are all capable! — Lailah Gifty Akita

Your actions now, define possibilities. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Learning is the first step in making positive changes within yourself. Other factors are conviction, determination, action & effort. Learning & education help develop conviction about the need to change & increase your commitment. Conviction then develops into determination. Next, strong determination leads to action: a sustained effort to implement the changes. This final factor of effort is critical. — Dalai Lama

Be yourself and accept positive influences from others. — Saaif Alam

No is a false perception.
Yes is a positive conception.
Go with reality and reason. — Debasish Mridha

Make time to read. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I have what it takes to get the work done. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Creation is scientific. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Positive thinking is the power of the mind. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You can fly as high as you can. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Whatever you can conceive, you can achieve it. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I know what I want. I will pursue it with all heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society. — Noam Chomsky

The greatest adventure is reading! — Lailah Gifty Akita

I would suggest that developing in every student the positive potential that can benefit the world has to be the primary purpose of education, rather than the effort to impart knowledge and skills. — Ilchi Lee

Find the willpower to begin work. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When social software becomes a component of formal education, students and teachers interact with one another in more meaningful ways, creating a variety of positive results. Ted Panitz (1997) details over 67 benefits from engaging in collective learning, arguing that collaborating reduces anxiety, builds self-esteem, enhances student satisfaction, and fosters positive relationships between students and faculty. — Jon Dron

You have to find the might, to climb the mountain. — Lailah Gifty Akita

With diligent, you will master the act. — Lailah Gifty Akita

While it is positive for young black males and females to learn discipline and self-responsibility, those attitudes, values, and habits of being can be taught with pedagogical strategies that are liberatory, that do not rely on coercive control and punishment to reinforce positive behavior. — Bell Hooks

Dare the impossible. By grace it will be possible. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Man is a measure of his mind. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Enthusiasm is the first step," she said. "Artfulness comes later."
"I hope I didn't disappoint you."
"I'm not displeased, Jovanno. Hells, having a lover that's new to the dance means you can train him properly. Give me a few nights and I'll have you whipped into proper form."
"The Asino brothers ... they always, well, they always invited me to go with them when they went out. To buy it, you know."
"There's no shame in doing that. And there's no shame in not having done it. But those two are hounds, Jovanno. Any woman could smell it a mile away. Sometimes a run with the hounds is just what you're in the mood for, but in the end they'll always roll around in muck and shit on your floor."
"Oh, they've got an endearing side," said Jean. "It comes out once a month, when the first moon is full. They're like backwards werewolves. — Scott Lynch

The prevention of free inquiry is unavoidable so long as the purpose of education is to produce belief rather than thought, to compel the young to hold positive opinions on doubtful matters rather than to let them see the doubtfulness and be encouraged to independence of mind. Education ought to foster the wish for truth, not the conviction that some particular creed is the truth. — Anonymous

Don't look at your circumstance. Be courageous! — Lailah Gifty Akita

Time is irreplaceable asset. — Lailah Gifty Akita

By focusing on reality and treating everything in relation to everything else we can raise our awareness above the narrow perspective of what we experience in our daily lives, and solve our problems using a different level of thinking than the one that created them. As a society our focus should be on health, sustainability, education, and ensuring justice and liberty among all individuals. To achieve this we must inform the public of the situation we are in and encourage a positive change in our behavior. We need to evolve our consciousness and change the way that we look at the world — Joseph P. Kauffman

You must want it, to chase for it. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Learn to be positive, it's your only chance. — Ray Davies

People interested in museums as real educational environments, parents interested in their children's education, and people seeking to find themselves in a positive way could all benefit from reading this book. by Associate Dean Engineering, Michigan State University — Ronald Rosenberg

Pursue your dream with great might. — Lailah Gifty Akita

[R]aising children ... was about identifying and amplifying their strengths and virtues, and helping them find the niche where they can live these positive traits to the fullest. — Martin E.P. Seligman

You can possess what you dream of. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A wonderful, warm, positive individual who exhibits the values that are prerequisite to a significant faculty post in higher education, I think that it is an absolutely extraordinary and bold career move that Darwin has made in leaving the Orchestra and embarking on the trajectory of a solo performer/educator. And what a marvelous thing it is for Detroit to be able to welcome home a successful native son - one in whom the community can take pride, and one who will serve as an inspiration to a younger generation of aspiring performers eager to make their mark in the world. — David Cerone

Success is a steadily progress. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you will make a deliberate decision to develop a positive attitude toward opportunities and obstacles, you are on your way toward having what is the most important quality in education: the power of positive thinking. — Robert H. Schuller

Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum. — P. J. O'Rourke

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

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

Education cannot be neutral. It is either positive or negative; either it enriches or it impoverishes; either it enables a person to grow or it lessens, even corrupts him. The mission of schools is to develop a sense of truth, of what is good and beautiful. And this occurs through a rich path made up of many ingredients. This is why there are so many subjects - because development is the results of different elements that act together and stimulate intelligence, knowledge, the emotions, the body, and so on. — Pope Francis

Physical exercise promotes positive self-image, high-productivity and energetic wellbeing. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You will succeed at the sacred time. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Do not quit too soon. The future is bright like a shining diamond. — Lailah Gifty Akita

He restrained himself from another wisecrack, infinitesimally but with great effort attempting to close down his nightclub approach to education; every positive change in his life, every minute increment in character, acquired more or less through shame. — Richard Price

When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it. — Sigmund Freud

Always start your day with positive thoughts and attitude of gratitude. — Debasish Mridha

You have the capacity to do all the work you can. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I know as surely as I live and breath the positive proof of what education can do for a man. — Jesse Stuart

Why don't you dare the impossible? — Lailah Gifty Akita

I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them. — Kailash Satyarthi

It is better to be creative than curious. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Passion for books is the desire to read. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In order to help children make the most of their education, parents must begin to relinquish control and focus on three goals: embracing opportunities to fail, finding ways to learn from that failure, and creating positive home-school relationships. — Jessica Lahey

Education is the use of knowledge which brings about development and impact many lives — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be diligent and be determined! — Lailah Gifty Akita

Don't give up! Keep trying, your victory is certain. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Pursuit of excellence is desire for divine fulfilment. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Too often we give up due to temporal challenge. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Our theme is, 'Respected abroad, strong at home.' What do we mean by that? Basically that we want a strong emphasis on affordable health care and education, safer at home, positive themes. And respected abroad
a foreign policy with alliances. — Bill Richardson

I find joy in reading. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You will discover all that pertains to life by reading. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May you will have the grace to complete the task. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A determined soul and indomitable spirit are necessary for any achievement. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If young people had love, hope, true education, the arts, full and meaningful lives they won't join gangs. My life since leaving the gang and drugs has been directed to making positive what it means to be Chicano, human, man, woman, and on how to draw out the imagination and creativity that all people have. — Luis J. Rodriguez

Daring greatly, divine grace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass. — Ron Jaworski

With careful guidance and mentorship, you will reach your highest-self. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

Dream. Desire. Dare. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In the war against breast cancer, we have the ability to arm ourselves with knowledge and education is a powerful tool. By taking action and doing something positive, fear is replaced with hope. — Diahann Carroll

May you have strength to complete studies. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Armed with faith, determination and perseverance anyone can achieve there goals. The power of the human mind is the most powerful force in the universe, what we conceive with integrity, hard work, education and a positive spirit we can accomplish. — Unknown

This idea that children won't learn without outside rewards and penalties, or in the debased jargon of the behaviorists, "positive and negative reinforcements," usually becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we treat children long enough as if that were true, they will come to believe it is true. So many people have said to me, "If we didn't make children do things, they wouldn't do anything." Even worse, they say, "If I weren't made to do things, I wouldn't do anything."
It is the creed of a slave. — John Holt

Awake. Reach out. Press onward. — Lailah Gifty Akita

During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive. — Anita Hill

You are responsibility of your life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I feel very positive about Newark's future, but I know we need a lot of help. I think that starts with the education of our kids and making the streets safer. — Queen Latifah

I believe everyone in the education sector should be looking at evidence, reassessing, making tweaks to figure out what works, I think it's a positive model. — Dana Goldstein

I also feel I'm a positive role model by not putting my education on hold. — Natalie Portman

It's fairly obvious that American education is a cultural flop. Americans are not a well-educated people culturally, and their vocational education often has to be learned all over again after they leave school and college. On the other hand, they have open quick minds and if their education has little sharp positive value, it has not the stultifying effects of a more rigid training. — Raymond Chandler

It is only by giving our very best to the present; we will uphold the timeless future. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Oh, and just an aside here, but it drives me nuts when I hear the current federal education minister, Christopher Pyne, say that the people who benefited from free university education in the 1970s were almost all from the ranks of the better off. What he doesn't say is that they were also mostly women who had been denied the chance of a university education by their fathers, who had preferred to pay the fees for their sons rather than their daughters. Whitlam's higher education reforms were hugely important for women from the generations before mine and that has had equally important positive results for them, their daughters and our whole society. We should not forget that. Rant over. As — Jane Caro

May you have the might to accomplish dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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