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on 2007-11-20 by christyinsdesign

Quotes on education and change

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Age is compulsory, wisdom is optional'. Anon

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If you can change your mind, you can change the world

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'Carpenters bend wood fletchers bend arrows; wise men fashion themselves.' Buddha

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'If you are looking for a big opportunity, find a big problem.' Anon

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schools being forced to comply to a business managerial ideology

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The Change Process

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n reality 'learning' and 'change' are synonymous

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'It is not change that kills it is the transitions'.

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Too many decisions about changes are made by people untouched by the change process.' Peter Block, Business philosopher.

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'Why follow the steps of another to find out where our dreams will lead us.' Peter Block

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'To the blind all things are sudden.' Old saying.

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'Coming, ready or not!' Childhood game

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'You can plan events, but if they go according to plan they are not events.' John Berger Art Critic

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'You can't jump a chasm in two bounds.' Chinese saying

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As the prostitute said, 'It's not the job it's the stairs.'' Anon

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'Innovation never happens as planned.' Gifford Pinchot Environmentalist

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The price of change is measured by our will and courage, our persistence, in the face of difficulty.' Peter Block Business Philosopher

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You must be the change you want to see in the world. If blood is to be spilled to do it. Let it be our own.'. Mahatma Gandhi

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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.' W Edward Deming

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If life is like a stage I want better lighting.' Anon

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To cope with a challenging world, any entity must develop the capacity of shifting and changing - of developing new skills and attitudes; in short the capacity of learning.' A De Guess: 'The Living Company'.

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Every change you see hides something else we want to do.' Rene Magritte ( Artist)

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You can't force commitment, what you can do... You nudge a little here, inspire a little there, and provide a role model. Your primary influence is the environment you create.' Peter Senge

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In order to transform schools successfully, educators need to navigate the difficult space between letting go of old patterns and grabbing on to new ones.' Deal 1990

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There is no risk less way to the future, we must choose which set of risks we wish to run.' Jay Ogilvy

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'I have a feeling we are not in Kansas anymore.' Dorothy/ Wizard of Oz

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en are asleep, they must die before they awake.' The Koran

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'It takes less energy to be free and flowing than locked up in stress ... we learn by releasing and letting go, not by adding on.' William Bates Editor

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I may have not got where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.' Douglas Adams

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Evolution is the most popular way we have for dealing with change.' Seth Godin Business Philosopher

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Life is what happens when you are making other plans' John Lennon

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People don't want to feel stuck, they want to be able to change.' M C Richards Poet

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It is necessary; therefore it is possible.' C A Borghese

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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.' Buddha 53 BC -483 BC

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Self doubt combined with dignity is central to competent leadership... ( a leader)is able to recognize when he... is on the wrong track and perhaps identify the error by giving in to the need for complete reevaluation.' John Ralston Saul 'Voltaire's Bastards.

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There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth - not going all the way, and not starting.' Buddna

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'Leadership is a personal quest you undertake, based on mission that troubles your heart.'

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Good directors, playwrights and leaders are enablers who make it possible for others to succeed by providing the means and opportunities for actions.' Anon

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