“Don't educate a child to become something or someone, educate to help them explore and celebrate who they already are.”
"While it is important to educate children, what is much more pressing is the need to love them. When education becomes more important than love, it is no longer education at all. For, tending to the delicate spirit of children is foundational if education is to fulfill its intended purpose of serving the greater whole."
- Vince Gowmon
Love
"Remind yourself daily: While education is useful, it’s love that children and the world need. A deeply loved child with only some education will go much further than a well educated child lacking love."
- Vince Gowmon
Love
"Too much leading and we create anxiety for children. Too much following and the same is true. In wisdom we find balance between the two."
- Vince Gowmon
Balance
"Don’t educate a child to become something or someone, educate to help them explore and celebrate who they already are."
- Vince Gowmon
Self-awareness
"Stop trying to turn children into someone they are not. Instead, let them unfold into who no human can imagine them to be."
- Vince Gowmon
Self-awareness
"Self-respect tends to inspire respect from others."
- Nathaniel Branden
Self-esteem
"Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality."
- Les Brown
Self-esteem
"You are your best thing."
- Toni Morrison
Self-esteem
"Thinking you’re no-good and worthless is the worst thing you can do."
- Nobito
Self-esteem
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Self-esteem