Best 7 quotes of Anthony Eldridge-rogers on MyQuotes

A little bit of ignorance is a dangerous thing. A lot of ignorance is a catastrophe

Desires to learn are like the sea. They ebb and flow. Sometimes they are low and sometimes they are high. Some days the kids are vacuum cleaners of ideas and experiences and seem to have limitless curiosity. On other they seem to be becalmed in indifference.

If the educational system can claim anything consistently it would be that it is masterful at evoking a destructive axis of boredom and anxiety accounting for the increasing levels of mental health problems in young people.

Inside of us is something indefinable, something core, something that moves us on. It is precious and mysterious. Call it an inner compass or some other name but it is a self actualising guidance system. All of us are born with it. Sometimes it gets crushed or scared indoors to whisper quietly in people's hearts.

Speaking is like conducting an orchestra; but instead of music, you are directing emotions.

Speaking is like conducting an orchestra; but instead of music, you are directing emotions. What about ideas I hear you ask? Or intellectual frameworks or structures? They all are directed and communicated by speaking but they all are emotional. Ideas have to be emotional or link to or evoke emotions if they are to be remotely interesting to anyone. And an idea that is appealing is in some way emotionally satisfying.

Your children will remember how you made them feel whether those feelings are good or bad. And they will remember the words you used.