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Anne Sullivan Macy quotes

American Educator April 14, 1866 – October 20, 1936

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I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child. Anne Sullivan Macy
Is it not true, then, that my life with all its limitation touches at many points the life of the World Beautiful? Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be, therein to be content. Anne Sullivan Macy
I need a teacher quite as much as Helen. I know the education of this child will be the distinguishing event of my life, if I have the brains and perseverance to accomplish it. Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy quote: "We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad..."
We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about. Anne Sullivan Macy
My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed! Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy quote: "People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the..."
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved. Anne Sullivan Macy
I think that there are some teachers that do a very good job of incorporating culture and history. And there are some teachers who could use a little more help in that area. Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy quote: "The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is..."
The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is proving it again. Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy quote: "We are bothered a good deal by people who assume the..."
We are bothered a good deal by people who assume the responsibility of the world when God is neglectful. Anne Sullivan Macy
The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher. Anne Sullivan Macy
Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy. Anne Sullivan Macy
I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy quote: "We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink..."
We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem through to a logical conclusion. Anne Sullivan Macy
Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark. Anne Sullivan Macy
It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them a desire to know about things. Anne Sullivan Macy

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