William Glasser Quotes

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

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• The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Time
  • Work
  • Writing

• Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Running
  • Happiness
  • More

• Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.

  

  Samuel L. Jackson
  • Life
  • Black
  • Running

• I was playing a defensive guard in 'My All American' who is a really fast runner, so a lot of my training was running. I wasn't too worried about bulking up because he was supposed to be on the small side.

  

  Finn Wittrock
  • Up
  • American
  • Small

• It's that preparation that goes into each week. We have a term: 'Trust your training, trust your teammate, and trust yourself.'

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Trust
  • Training
  • Preparation

• When you're dealing with a new platform, the real trick is just getting the game running.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Real
  • Game
  • Running

• Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Work
  • Important
  • Why

• I'm not interested in being Don Quixote. I'm interested in running the City of New York.

  

  Sal Albanese
  • Running
  • City
  • New

• I do body conditioning, spinning and yoga. On the treadmill, I'll do intervals of running flat and then on incline. I'll do that for an hour.

  

  Fleur East
  • Running
  • Body
  • Yoga

• I'm sick of running away from things.

  

  Natalia Kills
  • Running
  • Sick
  • Away

• I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Running
  • Paint
  • Drive

• Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself.

  

  Walter Payton
  • You
  • Running
  • Alone

• I never, ever, when I entered this process of running for president of the United States, thought I would be excluded from the debate table. Ever. What does two terms as governor get you?

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Running
  • Thought
  • Process

• In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

  

  Mao Zedong
  • Good
  • Long
  • Help

• I'm running because we need change.

  

  Zack Space
  • Change
  • Running
  • Need

• In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Mind
  • Sports
  • Training

• I was the Republican governor of the heavily Democratic state of New Mexico. I focused on good government, and I got it done - just like my running mate, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. The people of New Mexico reelected me by a comfortable margin. Ditto for Weld.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • People
  • Good
  • Done

• Right at the start, when I was about 13 or 14, I only had an Amiga 500 Plus running a bit of tracker software called OctaMED. My brother was big into his computers, and when he moved up to a proper PC, I took charge of the Amiga.

  

  Calvin Harris
  • Up
  • Running
  • Brother

• [People of faith must] reassure them [atheists] that we share with them the core values of America, that our faith is not inconsistent with their freedom and our mission is not one of intolerance, but one of love.... I stand before you today as a witness to the goodness of God. For me, like you and like my running mate Al Gore, faith provided a foundation, order and purpose in my life.

  

  Joe Lieberman
  • People
  • Life
  • God

• My mom let me kind of run free and be rowdy. She encouraged it. I'm a youngest child. So I was spazzy and trying to be funny to my older sisters. It's kind of my role in the family - tension reliever. I was funny or annoying, depending on your perspective.

  

  Andy Samberg
  • Children
  • Trying
  • Family

• Johnny once described our relationship by saying we were as close as two people could be without being married.

  

  Ed McMahon
  • People
  • Relationship
  • Saying

• I'm married, I have three children, I never hit my wife.

  

  Ja Rule
  • Children
  • Wife
  • Never

• Decide, before you start, that you're going to change three things about what you do all day at work. Then, as you're reading, find the three things and do it. The goal of the reading, then, isn't to persuade you to change, it's to help you choose what to change.

  

  Seth Godin
  • Business
  • Reading
  • Goal

• 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
  • Running
  • Preparation