Quotes By William Glasser

No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working for competence.

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our heads against it unless we choose to.

What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.

Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first.

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she is not cared for and respected.

To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education.

We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we'll do nothing to improve our schools as long as we keep the A, B, C, D, F grading system.

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher.

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.

Don't marry someone you would not be friends with if there was no sex between you.