Some Quotes and Sayings I have used in speeches and presentations.
- Mario Turco
- Dec 11, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 22, 2019

Great Hopes make great People. Thomas Fuller
Schools are about widening the circle of hope and opportunity and about being the dream catcher for our children. unknown
We should never lose sight of the fact that the child as a learner is not only the centre of the school system but the only reason for its existence. unknown
Oh what gift and power we would have if we could see ourselves as others see us. George Bernard Shaw
You won't find any success rules that work... unless you do. unknown
If you want to be secure for one year--plant seeds
If you want to be secure for a decade--plant trees
If you want to be secure for the future--educate children.
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On Excellence:
"Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible.
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Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of focused attention, sincere effort, intelligent and skillful execution. It represents wise choices among many alternatives. Albert Einstein
On Vision:
Ten years ago, if I said I had a vision they would have put me away. Today a leader cannot lead without articulating an inspirational and compelling vision.
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As Hellen Keller said when asked about if there was anything worse than being blind. “Oh yes”, she replied, “having sight but no vision"
on Emotional Intelligence:
Good leaders do things right but excellent leaders do the right things. Leadership is more about emotional intelligence than intellectual intelligence. It’s bringing the mind and the heart together.
Leadership is about emotion. It is about listening, caring, trusting. It is about creating a vision that is exiting…creating zest and passion in the workplace. Leadership is about making a shared vision a reality.
Tom Peters Passion for Excellence
on delegating responsibilities and coaching and mentoring others:
Ultimately, our leadership will be judged as effective or ineffective not by who we are as a leader but what leadership we produce in others and the legacy we leave others to follow
Michael Fullan
When talking about WHY
We never lose sight of the fact that the child as a learner is not only the center of the school system, but the only reason for its existence.
W. B. Jackson
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A hundred years from now it will not matter what your bank account was, the sort of house you lived in, or the kind of car you drove… But the world may be a different because you were important in the life of a child.
Margaret Mead.
or as Margaret Mead also said.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
……more to come.....
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