The most powerful lessons occur where studies intersect with real life. — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
There are really only two ways to teach. You can inspire the student to voluntarily and enthusiastically choose to do the hard… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
“Great education defies structure because it is always (always!) individualized, personalized, interactive, nimble, responsive and inspired.” — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
“No U.S. president can “fix” education, no law can systematize inspiration, and no amount of funding, policy or resources can structure passion.” — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Still reading but learning a lot about true education and the process of guiding our children in their educational pursuits. — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Education means the ability to think independently and creatively, and development of the skill of applying one's knowledge in dealing with people… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
The liberal arts are the arts of communication and thinking. ‘They are the arts indispensable to further learning, for they are the… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Our children must be offered an education up to par with thier potential-and equal to the needs of the Twenty-first century. — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Those who wait for the future to happen before aligning their educational goals with the new realities will be left behind in… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Teachers teach and students educate. Students are the only true educators. Historically, every other method of education has failed. Education occurs when… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
When you look into the eyes of your children and grandchildren, when you picture their greatness and potential, do you feel that… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
The next step is for the great teachers to arise, and for them to clearly understand the challenges ahead and mentor accordingly.… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
The war is for the family. The battle for their children's education and their grandchildren's freedom is as real to them as… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Since the purpose of reading, of education, is to become good, our most important task is to choose the right books. Our… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Great teachers and schools expect and nurture quality work and quality performance. Great teachers inspire and demand quality, ever urging their students… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Find a model of great education in history and you will find a great teacher who inspired students to make the hard… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Education occurs when students set out to educate themselves… the student will only learn, can only learn, what he chooses to learn…(An)… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
To prepare youth for success in entrepreneurial (and free) cultures, education tends to emphasize originality, creativity, breadth, depth and leadership skills rather… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Instead of asking, "What can I do to make these students perform?" the great teacher says, "Something's not working! I must not… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Virtually every subject is most effectively learned directly from the greatest thinkers, historians, artists, philosophers, scientists, prophets and their original works. Great… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
“when a student is given the opportunity to gain an education, the ultimate responsibility for success or failure rests with him, and… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
There are really only two ways to teach. You can inspire the student to voluntarily and enthusiastically choose to do the hard work necessary… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share
Most people spend less than 20 hrs a year learning about freedom, yet many wonder why it's in decline. Don't fight upstream. Instead, turn… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share
Americans must either choose big government and be willing to pay for and submit to it, or they must move toward smaller, less intrusive… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share
If Americans are frustrated with Congress, imagine their frustration with a group of international bank officials running our ecomomy-bankers who may not have as… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share
Teachers teach and students educate. Students are the only true educators. Historically, every other method of education has failed. Education occurs when students get… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share
When we let our freedoms slip away without a fight or even without concern, we take freedom, prosperity and happiness away from our posterity.… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share
When you look into the eyes of your children and grandchildren, when you picture their greatness and potential, do you feel that they are… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share
“No U.S. president can “fix” education, no law can systematize inspiration, and no amount of funding, policy or resources can structure passion.” — Oliver DeMille Copy Share
The problem in modern America is not that an individual can't make a difference, but that nearly all of us are too distracted to… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share
Jefferson, Madison and many others taught that complex laws and codes were sure signs of oppression. They agreed with Montesquieu, Lock and Hume and… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share
Government intervention is not solving the problems, and in fact the governments around the world that are intervening the most in their economies are… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share
Our middle class majority, deeply in personal debt, elects political leaders who increase our benefits. Then we vote them out because we dislike the… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share
“Books are better than television, the internet, or the computer for educating and maintaining freedom. Books matter because they state ideas and then attempt… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share
Indeed, we have reached a level of complexity where simplicity itself is suspect. For example, the simple reality is that jobs migrate to less… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share
