Erin Gruwell famous quotes

03-15-2025

Don't let the actions of a few determine the way you feel about an entire group. Remember, not all German's were Nazis.
-- Erin Gruwell

#Groups #Way #Action
No matter what race we are, what ethnic background, sexual orientation, or what views we may have, we are all human. Unfortunately, not all humans see it that way.
-- Erin Gruwell

#Race #Views #May
It would be easy to become a victim of our circumstances and continue feeling sad, scared or angry; or instead, we could choose to deal with injustice humanely and break the chains of negative thoughts and energies, and not let ourselves sink into it.
-- Erin Gruwell

#Feelings #Feeling Sad #Energy
I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn valuable lessons from my students on a daily basis. They taught me the importance of teaching to a student - and not to a test.
-- Erin Gruwell

#Teacher #Blessed #Teaching
I believe that education is the greatest equalizer; thus, I will continue to fight to equalize the playing field in an educational atmosphere that is not always level!
-- Erin Gruwell

#Educational #Believe #Fighting
I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.
-- Erin Gruwell

#Community #World #Classroom
I grew up in a very progressive family and with a great educational system, and I asked myself, 'Why doesn't everybody have these opportunities for a good education? So why not give back to these kids who didn't grow up with the same privileges I had?
-- Erin Gruwell

#Growing Up #Educational #Kids
Education is such a noble profession, its a wonderful way to serve.
-- Erin Gruwell

#Way #Noble #Wonderful
Writing really evokes empathy in a way very few things can do.
-- Erin Gruwell

#Writing #Empathy #Way
It's not enough to be tolerant...now we're finally moving towards the idea of acceptance.
-- Erin Gruwell

#Moving #Acceptance #Ideas
Remember not all Germans were Nazis.
-- Erin Gruwell

#Remember #Nazi
Silence ensures that history repeats itself.
-- Erin Gruwell

#Silence #History Repeats Itself #Repeating History
Ruining is a gift .. it's the way of changing.
-- Erin Gruwell

#Way
I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more proud of being a "label" than of being a human being, that's the way most of us were taught.
-- Erin Gruwell

#Mexican #Labels #Proud
Fights don't solve matters, they just make things worse. (Diary 19)
-- Erin Gruwell

#Fighting #Diaries #Matter
It sounds strange, somewhat on the line between irony and absurdity, to think that people would rather label and judge something as significant as each other but completely bypass a peanut. ... World peace is only a dream because people won't allow themselves and others around them to simply be peanuts. We won't allow the color of a man's heart to be the color of his skin, the premise of his beliefs, and his self-worth. We won't allow him to be a peanut, therefore we won't allow ourselves to come to live in harmony. (Diary 18)
-- Erin Gruwell

#Dream #Heart #Men
Evil prevails when good people do nothing.
-- Erin Gruwell

#People #Evil #Good People
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you tell kids they're stupid--directly or indirectly--sooner or later they start to believe it.
-- Erin Gruwell

#Stupid #Believe #Kids
Society just doesn't care about young people anymore, even if we are the future.
-- Erin Gruwell

#People #Care #Young
I am a teacher born and bred, and I believe in the advocacy of teachers. It's a calling. We want our students to feel impassioned and empowered.
-- Erin Gruwell

#Teacher #Believe #Calling

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