Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by William Watson Purkey (American Educationalist)

William Watson Purkey (b.1929) is an American educationalist. He is a professor emeritus of counselor education at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and co-founder of The International Alliance for Invitational Education. His books include Invitational Teaching, Learning, and Living (1991), Inviting School Success (1996), What Students Say to Themselves (1999), and Inviting Positive Classroom Discipline (2002).

READ: Works by William Watson Purkey

No act of kindness is wasted.
William Watson Purkey
Topics: Kindness

You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt,
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth.
William Watson Purkey
Topics: Living Well, Earth, Courage, Living, Life

Human potential, though not always apparent, is there waiting to be discovered and invited forth.
William Watson Purkey
Topics: Potential

A Student is the most important person ever in this school…in person, on the telephone, or by mail.
A Student is not dependent on us…we are dependent on the Student.
A Student is not an interruption of our work..the Studenti s the purpose of it. We are not doing a favor by serving the Student…the Student is doing us a favor by giving us the opportunity to do so.
A Student is a person who brings us his or her desire to learn. It is our job to handle each Student in a manner which is beneficial to the Student and ourselves.
William Watson Purkey
Topics: Education

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