Author: William Glasser

Quotes

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

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

- William Glasser

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher.

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher.

- William Glasser

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.

- William Glasser

What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.

What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.

- William Glasser

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.

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.

- William Glasser

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she is not cared for and respected.

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she is not cared for and respected.

- William Glasser

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.

- William Glasser

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

- William Glasser

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

- William Glasser

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