Happiness Quotes by Alastair Arnott

“Error, failure, and being wrong are central to our development. We just aren’t using them as much as we should…yet.”

— Alastair Arnott

Positive failure: is failure after appropriate investment that leads to further learning or development.

— Alastair Arnott

Seek the 'yes' behind the 'no' and the 'failure' behind the 'success'.

— Alastair Arnott

We all know that we are not perfect? So why do we act as if this is the case & hold ourselves so rigorously accountable?

— Alastair Arnott

Wisdom is not facts and repetitions of truth repeated back in a pressurised situation such as in an exam hall.

— Alastair Arnott

22nd Century Learning? Simple - [Create, Fail, Adapt, Repeat].

— Alastair Arnott

Many of the best ideas seem to come, not from the boardroom, but the staffrooms, lunch & the relaxed sharing of mistakes.

— Alastair Arnott

Celebrate your own biases, they are probably brilliantly messy.

— Alastair Arnott

Childrens ambitions in school are often a glass ceiling, an obstacle to what they can accomplish.

— Alastair Arnott

When pupils are fully engaged they are difficult to get out of the classroom rather than in.

— Alastair Arnott

Fighting against is easy. Fighting for requires wisdom, courage, and vulnerability.

— Alastair Arnott

“I don't know who started this thing about being perfect but the sooner we ditch that idea the happier we all will be!”

— Alastair Arnott