One Hundred Thirteen

All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. – Aristotle

It is a greater work to educate a child, in the true and larger sense of the word, than to rule a state. – William Ellery Channing

One Hundred Twelve

In the nurturing family... parents see themselves as empowering leaders not as authoritative bosses. They see their job primarily as one of teaching their children how to be truly human in all situations. They readily acknowledge to the child their poor judgment as well as their good judgment; their hurt, anger, or disappointment as well as their joy. The behavior of these parents matches what they say. – Virginia Satir

One Hundred Eleven

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. – Jacques Barzun

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than to fill it with the accumulation of others. – Tryon Edwards

One Hundred Ten

Your work may be finished someday, but your education, never.
– Alexandre Dumas

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war. – Maria Montessori

One Hundred Nine

For good teaching rests neither in accumulating a shelfful of knowledge nor in developing a repertoire of skills. In the end, good teaching lies in a willingness to attend and care for what happens in our students, ourselves, and the space between us. Good teaching is a certain kind of stance, I think. It is a stance of receptivity, of attunement, of listening. – Laurent A. Daloz

One Hundred Eight

I regret the trifling narrow contracted education of the females of my own country. – Abigail Adams

Let it be lost on no one that one of the most important jobs in this country is teaching. Teachers can influence and motivate an entire generation. – Abigail Van Buren

One Hundred Seven

Since civilizing children takes the better part of two decades – some twenty years of nonstop thinking, nurturing, teaching, coaxing, rewarding, forgiving, warning, punishing, sympathizing, apologizing, reminding, and repeating, not to mention deciding what to do when – I now understand that one wrong move is invariably followed by hundreds of opportunities to be wrong again. – Mary Kay Blakely

One Hundred Six

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. – Malcolm Forbes

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
– Mortimer Adler

One Hundred Five

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. – John Adams

Education today, more than ever before, must see clearly the dual objectives: education for living and educating for making a living. – James Mason Wood

One Hundred Four

Make-believe is the avenue to much of the young child’s early understanding. He sorts out impressions and tries out ideas that are foundational to his later realistic comprehension. This private world sometimes is a quiet, solitary world. More often it is a noisy, busy, crowded place where language grows, and social skills develop, and where perseverance and attention-span expand.
– James L. Hymes, Jr.