Motivation Quote by Alaa Alghamdi

“More important, while these students were in school, I was learning from life. And so I have something to offer that they do not.”

— Yeonmi Park

“...most people were motivated not by what they want but what they want to avoid.”

— Katie Kacvinsky

“It reminded me that they [the students] were more than just their scholarly shortcomings and gripes about the workload. Each had a history, a…

— Wally Lamb

“I was ignorant at first of bookish subjects, but in his atmosphere, if one were no student, and didn't even try to keep up,…

— Gene Stratton-Porter

“So many choices and so much stimuli rob them of time and attention. Too much stuff deprives kids of leisure, and the ability to…

— Lisa M. Ross

“Such pedagogy makes school wildly boring.”

— Terry Marselle

“Breakaway students are moving (actually often wrenching themselves) away from where they were to where they can be. Some succeed. Others do not.”

— Karen Gross

“In the end we remember all the students we've gone to school with and invite them to our homes only to find out that…

— Thomas Bernhard

“those students who are exposed to many different experiences and beliefs learn far more than those who are not.”

— Shaunti Feldhahn

“Something has changed, and now, when I look at my students, I see only people who are going to eat up my time.”

— David Sedaris

“Maybe when you were a kid you were so unsure of yourself that every school year was a time of reinvention; maybe only adults…

— Anna Quindlen

What could be more interesting to students than their own behavior and that of others?

— Wilbert J. McKeachie