Top 60 William Glasser Quotes (2024 Update)
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William Glasser Quote: “Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it’s really bad because everything we’ve done is de-humanizing education. It’s destroying the possibility of the teacher and the student having a warm, friendly, intellectual relationship.”

51. “Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it’s really bad because everything we’ve done is de-humanizing education. It’s destroying the possibility of the teacher and the student having a warm, friendly, intellectual relationship.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families.”

52. “As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.”

53. “I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy.”

54. “Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “When we depress, we believe we are the victims of a feeling over which we have no control.”

55. “When we depress, we believe we are the victims of a feeling over which we have no control.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.”

56. “If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school.”

57. “You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “The answer lies in preventing failures not in looking for better ways to fix the children who are failing.”

58. “The answer lies in preventing failures not in looking for better ways to fix the children who are failing.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.”

59. “I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “We don’t focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.”

60. “We don’t focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “It takes a lot of strength to risk getting rejected by someone new, so we hang onto the one we know and say, “The hell with it,” because we are used to that pain. If we had more strength we would say not, “The hell with it,” but “The hell with all this pain, I’ll find someone else.” Weak people carry a torch for life, they “enjoy” wallowing in their misery. They do so partly in the hope that someone will feel sorry for them and solve their problems.”

61. “It takes a lot of strength to risk getting rejected by someone new, so we hang onto the one we know and say, “The hell with it,” because we are used to that pain. If we had more strength we would say not, “The hell with it,” but “The hell with all this pain, I’ll find someone else.” Weak people carry a torch for life, they “enjoy” wallowing in their misery. They do so partly in the hope that someone will feel sorry for them and solve their problems.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “While it is easy to blame a teen for not succeeding, there are serious flaws in the school system that make it impossible for many students to feel successful in school.”

62. “While it is easy to blame a teen for not succeeding, there are serious flaws in the school system that make it impossible for many students to feel successful in school.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about.”

63. “Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “The best thing parents can do for their children is love each other.”

64. “The best thing parents can do for their children is love each other.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “Fun is the genetic reward for learning.”

65. “Fun is the genetic reward for learning.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “Beware of getting involved with people who seem to be able to feel good but have no close friends. They may be witty and fun to be around, but their humor is all put-downs and hostility. If you marry such a person, you will soon be the recipient of that hostile humor and may regret it for the rest of your marriage. Look for someone who has good friends whom he or she treats well and whom you enjoy being with, too. Someone who does not have good friends does not know how to love.”

66. “Beware of getting involved with people who seem to be able to feel good but have no close friends. They may be witty and fun to be around, but their humor is all put-downs and hostility. If you marry such a person, you will soon be the recipient of that hostile humor and may regret it for the rest of your marriage. Look for someone who has good friends whom he or she treats well and whom you enjoy being with, too. Someone who does not have good friends does not know how to love.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “A choice theory world is a tough, responsible world; you cannot use grammar to escape responsibility for what you are doing.”

67. “A choice theory world is a tough, responsible world; you cannot use grammar to escape responsibility for what you are doing.”

— William Glasser

William Glasser Quote: “This entire book is an attempt to answer the all-important question that almost all of us continually ask ourselves when we are unhappy: How can I figure out how to be free to live my life the way I want to live it and still get along well with the people I need?”

68. “This entire book is an attempt to answer the all-important question that almost all of us continually ask ourselves when we are unhappy: How can I figure out how to be free to live my life the way I want to live it and still get along well with the people I need?”

— William Glasser

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