There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison. – William Glasser
We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives. – William Glasser
I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture. – William Glasser
No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working for competence. – William Glasser
Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client’s quality world. – William Glasser
If everyone could learn that what is right for me does not make it right for anyone else, the world would be a much happier place. – William Glasser
This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth. – William Glasser
Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she is not cared for and respected. – William Glasser
We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we’ll do nothing to improve our schools as long as we keep the A, B, C, D, F grading system. – William Glasser
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
There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning but no losing. – William Glasser
I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge. – William Glasser
What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now. – William Glasser
We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. – William Glasser
What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher. – William Glasser
It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice. – William Glasser
We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can’t relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he’ll never be a competent teacher. – William Glasser
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
Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help you to get there, students do competent work. The lowest passing grade in the real world is competence. Why do schools accept so much less? – William Glasser
We don’t focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts. – William Glasser
We may be up against a stone wall, but we don’t have to bloody our heads against it unless we choose to. – William Glasser
