“Great teachers and schools expect and nurture quality work and quality performance. Great teachers inspire and demand quality, ever urging their students to higher levels of excellence. They shun mere conformity and expect their students to think and perform to their ever-increasing potential.” ThinkingSchoolLevelsQualityTeacherStudentsInspireHigherDemandPerformancesExcellenceMereConformityNurtureGreat TeacherHigher LevelQuality Work Author:Oliver DeMille
“Education means the ability to think independently and creatively, and development of the skill of applying one's knowledge in dealing with people and situations in the real world.” PeopleThinkingWorldMeanRealAbilitySituationDevelopmentSkillsReal WorldDealing With People Author:Oliver DeMille
“Today we are at a crossroads. The technology is available for two great options: The massive surveillance state, or the renewed freedom of a deeply-involved citizenry thinking independently and holding the government to the highest standards.” ThinkingTwoStatesGovernmentTodayTechnologyInvolvedHighestStandardsAvailableMassiveSurveillanceCrossroadsCitizenrySurveillance State Author:Oliver DeMille
“Producers think in the language of abundance rather than scarcity, take initiative instead of waiting for someone else to provide them with opportunity, and boldly venture wise risks instead of surrendering to fear that they can't make a difference.” ThinkingOpportunityLanguageWaitingDifferencesWiseRiskProducersAbundanceMaking A DifferenceInitiativeVentureScarcity Author:Oliver DeMille
“Thinking is like exercise, it requires consistency and rigor. Like barbells in a weightlifting room, the classics force us to either put them down or exert our minds. They require us to think.” ThinkingMindForceRoomsExerciseConsistencyRigorWeightliftingBarbell Author:Oliver DeMille
“The liberal arts are the arts of communication and thinking. 'They are the arts indispensable to further learning, for they are the arts of reading, writing, speaking, listening, figuring.” ThinkingWritingArtReadingCommunicationListeningIndispensableLiberal ArtsReading Writing Author:Oliver DeMille
