Quotes About Potential

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

Ballet found me. I was discovered by a teacher in middle school. I always danced, my whole life. I never had any training, never was exposed to seeing dance, but I always had something inside of me.

We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit.

The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate 'apparently ordinary' people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.

Genius is the basis for the deepest type of mentoring. When true learning occurs genius teaches genius and both the teacher and the student grow.

My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer.

If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher.

My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing.

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

Kids don't lack capacity, only teachers.

The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings

A teacher who is only interested in great talents is like a man who only seeks the company of rich people.

Our educational results lag behind other states, and other nations, but worse still, behind the potential of the kids and the devoted teachers in our classrooms.

Your strongest ally or your greatest teacher may be sitting within reach, unbeknownst to you.

But in any case, I did poorly on the tests and so, in the first three years of school, I had teachers who thought I was stupid and when people think you're stupid, they have low expectations for you.

The world is your canvas and your teacher.Take a day to reflect, measure and adjust on your goals; progress is essential to continued success.

I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive.

If you had seen me back in high school, there's no way you would have ever said I would become an author or teacher because I was a horrible student.

You can be in your room and lead people. Just develop your potentials and publicize them and you will see people looking for your product. That is influence

If technology does not liberate all people for the pursuit of higher aspirations in human achievement, then all its technical potential will be meaningless.

Words and magic are two powerful forces that can change the world.

This bird, boasted the market vendor, was once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose, and now look!—it is too beautiful to eat.