William Glasser Quotes


We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we'll do nothing to improve our schools as long as we keep the A, B, C, D, F grading system. - William Glasser


We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. - William Glasser


We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives. - William Glasser


Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client's quality world. - William Glasser


Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, or perhaps later in life, yes when we should say no. - William Glasser


Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help you to get there, students do competent work. The lowest passing grade in the real world is competence. Why do schools accept so much less? - William Glasser


To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education. - William Glasser


To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it. - William Glasser


This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth. - William Glasser


They have this big book called the "DSM-IV," you know, that is supposedly written about crazy people, but I think it is a book that is written by crazy people! - William Glasser


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