Taylor Mali Quotes

A mother or father might be too preoccupied with how one child compares with another to be able to fully appreciate the uniqueness of the individual child.

Certainly teachers themselves can do a better job of letting the world know how hard their profession is, but frankly, they have real work to do and a lot of it, so they don't have a whole lot of free time on their hands.

Education is the miracle; I'm just the worker.

Say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it.

You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking, which is, if you ask for it, then I have to let you have it.

Suzy smiled and the whole class laughed at me, but when she spoke, I heard a new sound, not the song of an angel, but the words of a woman on a pedestal, coming down.

We're the most aggressively inarticulate generation to come along since, you know, a long time ago!

Teachers today are breaking down obstacles, finding innovative ways to instill old lessons, proving that greatness can be found in everyday places.

Teachers shouldn't make the mistake of always thinking they're the smartest person in the room

Who can teach when there are such lessons to be learned

It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.

Read to your children all of the time
Novels and nursery rhymes
Autobiographies, even the newspaper
It doesn't mater; it's quality time
Because once upon a time
We grew up on stories in the voices in which they were told
We need words to hold us and the world to behold us
For us to truly know our souls

Falling in love is like owning a dog.

The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.

By the time these students enter the workforce, many of the jobs they will apply for ill be in industries that don't even exist yet. That's a hard future to prepare someone for. Teachers have their sights set on the real goal: not to produce Ivy League graduates, but to encourage the development of naturally curious, confident, flexible, and happy learners who are ready for whatever the future has in store.

And I want to tell her ... [that] changing your mind is one of the best ways of finding out whether or not you still have one.

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.

Everything I do is kind of a lesson, even if I am the only person who learns it.

Because once upon a time, we grew up on stories and the voices in which they were told. We need words to hold us and the world to behold us for us to truly know our own souls.

Here, let me break it down for you,
so you know what I say is true:
Teachers? Teachers make a difference!
Now what about you?

Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.

You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor and an A-minus feel like a slap in the face.

When students have thanked me in the past for being their teacher, I have always felt that it was actually my love for the art of teaching they were speaking to.

Falling In Love Is Like Owning A Dog.
Throw things away and love will bring them back,
again, and again, and again.
But most of all, love needs love, lots of it.
And in return, love loves you and never stops.