Susan Hampshire famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It is a lonely existence to be a child with a disability which no-one can see or understand, you exasperate your teachers, you disappoint your parents, and worst of all you know that you are not just stupid.
-- Susan Hampshire

#Inspirational #Lonely #Teacher
I do a lot of work with the Dyslexia Institute because, for people with dyslexia who do not have parental support, it is a huge disadvantage. I was fortunate because my Mum was a teacher and she taught me to work hard.
-- Susan Hampshire

#Teacher #Hard Work #People
Some people can only be happy being a star. What happens if and when the work dries up?
-- Susan Hampshire

#Being Happy #Stars #Ifs And
My hobby is gardening, I love it, it's my main hobby. I like being at home and I'm very happy being in my house, I love cooking.
-- Susan Hampshire

#Being Happy #Home #House
Your bones are for life. Look after them and they will carry you far.
-- Susan Hampshire

#Looks #Bones
We do not get to this age to be written off. Older people can act as a support system, which is what happens more in Mediterranean countries. People become much wiser as they get older and we should value that.
-- Susan Hampshire

#Country #People #Support

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
Books are totally useless unless you take their advice. If you just keep reading them, thinking "that's so insightful! that changes everything," but never actually doing anything different, then pretty quickly the feeling will wear off and you'll start searching for another book to fill the void.
There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself.
I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... and this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never meet anybody coming the other way.
Most of the world's great souls have been lonely. Loneliness seems to be one price the saint must pay for his saintliness... Always remember: you cannot carry a cross in company. Though a man were surrounded by a vast crowd, his cross is his alone and his carrying of it marks him as a man apart. Society has turned against him; otherwise he would have no cross. No one is a friend to the man with a cross.
Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don't need little changes. We need gigantic revolutionary changes. . . . Competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be getting six-figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge for its citizens, just like national defense." --Sam Seaborne, West Wing
I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman.
When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.

Susan Hampshire famous quotes

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