"help that is not positively necessary is a hindrance to a growing organism."

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Source : Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1912). “A Montessori Mother”

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

#Growing Quotes #Helping Quotes #Positively Quotes

“How do you make people do the best work? You make them feel comfortable, so you can feel comfortable - and then you can have a really good ballgame!”
“..we were always taught, instead of waiting to be swept off our feet, to 'expect little, forgive much'.”
“I think people like to be scared. I think people like tension and suspense in a movie.”
“I had everything working my way, strong as a bull. And still I ignored the rules of the game of life.”
“I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.”
“What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together by a force greater than themselves, and a love so unwavering and pure that it is sacred.”
“Silence has a myriad of meanings. In the theater, silence is an absence of words, but never an absence of meaning.”

Source : Sanford Meisner, Dennis Longwell (2012). “Sanford Meisner on Acting”, p.29, Vintage
“Some coaches believed they could judge a player's performance simply by watching it. In this they were deeply mistaken. The naked eye was an inadequate tool for learning what you needed to know to evaluate baseball players and baseball games. Think about it. One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one hit every two weeks. The difference between a good hitter and an average hitter is simply not visible-it is a matter of record”

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