Thomas J. Sergiovanni famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The heart and soul of school culture is what people believe, the assumptions they make about how school works.
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Systems of schooling are over managed and under led.
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(We need) leadership that is tough enough to demand a great deal from everyone, and leadership that is tender enough to encourage the heart.
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(In schools) There is an emphasis on doing things right rather on doing the right things.
-- Thomas J. Sergiovanni
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I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in as simple a form as necessity dictates. When a thing is labeled 'complex,' that's just a roundabout way of saying you're not observant enough to understand it.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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Ideas may drift into other minds, but they do not drift my way. I have to go and fetch them. I know no work manual or mental to equal the appalling heart-breaking anguish of fetching an idea from nowhere.
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The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.
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When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, `The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
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Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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I've been singing all my life. I've always wanted this. I sang in church, in school plays, and my parents gave me vocal lessons. My parents always said this was destined for me.
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I was very unsure about what I wanted to do in high school.
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I'm not good for you. I don't know why you make me want you so bad. I was angry with myself when I said all that earlier. I was mad because I wanted you in a way I'd never experienced before. Before you, I just wanted to excel in football and school. I wanted my parents to be proud of me. But now, I want other things too. You get to me in a way I don't understand
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