If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.

Quote by William Glasser

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Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking...

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking...

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives....

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives....

When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if...

When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if...

Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God...

Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God...

I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring...

I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring...

Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it...

Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it...

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

The faster you go, the more students you leave behind. It doesn't matter how much...

The faster you go, the more students you leave behind. It doesn't matter how much...

What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with...

What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with...

I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.

I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application,...

We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application,...

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job...

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job...

Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment.

Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment.

In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test....

In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test....

There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning...

There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning...

Everybody needs one essential friend.

Everybody needs one essential friend.

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our...

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our...