101 Quotes by William Glasser

Everybody needs one essential friend.

Unlike the weak, the strong neither give up nor are driven by pain into rash or stupid behavior. They don't like pain any more than anyone else, but they are not willing to settle for short-term relief if it means reducing their options later. They don't rob Peter to pay Paul, they face reality now.

What we get, and all we ever get, from the outside is information; how we choose to act on this information is up to us.

The more a person perceives that he/she is loved, the less they will interfere with the lives of others.

The ultimate use of power is to empower others.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. In other words, begin to act the part, as well as you can, of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually, the old, fearful person will fade away.

We learn... 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we both hear and see 70% of what is discussed 80% of what we experience personally 95% of what we teach to someone else

We don’t focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.

It takes strength, however, to be warm, firm, humorous, and caring and still do what we know we ought to do. Our lives would be much better if we never said, “The hell with it!