Quotes About Activity

The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and evil; and the task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility, and evil with activity.

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. In our system, she must become a passive, much more than an active, influence, and her passivity shall be composed of anxious scientific curiosity and of absolute respect for the phenomenon which she wishes to observe. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer the activity must lie in the phenomenon.

What is generally known as discipline in traditional schools is not activity, but immobility and silence. It is not discipline, but something that festers inside a child, arousing his rebellious feelings.

The system of prizes may turn an individual aside from this vocation, may make him choose a false road, for him a vain one, and forced to follow it, the natural activity of a human being may be warped, lessened, even annihilated.

Education is to guide activity, not repress it. Environment cannot create human power, but only give it scope and material, direct it, or at most but call it forth; and the teacher's task is first to nourish and assist, to watch, encourage, guide, induce, rather than to interfere, prescribe, or restrict

The simplicity or imperfection of external objects often serves to develop the activity and the dexterity of the pupils. This

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.

Nothing sinister. Just getting exercise. Although some might consider that sinister.

The hunt for spouses is an activity on a par with fox-hunting or hawking, though the weapons and dramatis personae differ. Just as grizzled old men know the habits of hares and quail, so do elegant society gossips know every titbit about the year's eligible men and women.

Maybe the objective was to make sure we could all vaporize together. One last, wholesome, nuclear family activity.

Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read.

It is not work that kills men

I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being

Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed.

Civilization impairs physical fitness.

The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy.

A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.

Exercise is amazing, from the inside out. I feel so alive and have more energy.

First of all, let's get one thing straight: fitness and exercise aren't the same thing. You can exercise without getting fit, but you can't get fit without exercise.

Fitness has to be fun. If it is not play there will be no fitness. Play, you see, is where the process. Fitness is merely the product.

Physical fitness is in. I recently had a physical fit myself.

I enjoy going to the Y. I take all the fitness classes that my dad takes; that's sort of our bonding - anything athletic, anything sports related.