Leadership Quotes

"The educated person contributes to society through both knowledge and character."

"Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions."

"The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate 'apparently ordinary' people to unusual effort over many years."

"The intellectual must resist the temptation to speak for others and recognize their own complicity."

"The intellectual must develop a responsibility to the communities from which they speak."

"Leadership is service to others."

"Educators must help students develop the ability to think at the highest cognitive levels"

"Educators bear the responsibility of developing higher-order thinking skills in students"

"Effective teaching requires clear communication of expected learning outcomes"

"Curriculum design should intentionally target different levels of cognitive development"

"Educators should view assessment as a tool for improving instruction and student learning"

"Curriculum should be structured to build increasingly complex cognitive abilities"

"Assessment should be used to identify student strengths and areas for growth"

"Teachers should create opportunities for students to apply learning in meaningful contexts"

"The progression from knowledge to evaluation represents increasing cognitive sophistication"

"The pedagogy of the oppressed cannot be developed or practiced by the oppressors."

"One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people."

"We are not here to serve the child, but to guide the child to serve himself."

"The teacher must become a guardian of the child's development, not a dispenser of knowledge."

"The development of the child requires not control, but guidance and support."

"The postcolonial intellectual has a responsibility to articulate the perspectives and experiences of those who have been marginalized."

"The strength of a nation depends upon the enlightenment of its citizens."

"Leadership is the art of understanding what others need."

"Leadership is first leading oneself."

"The roots of discipline are to be found in the life of the community."

"A leader must first lead himself before leading others."

"True leadership serves the greater good."

"The role of the intellectual is not to say what people should think."

"Each generation must discover its mission and fulfill or betray it."

"We teachers can only help the work which is being done, as servants help the master."