Gever Tulley quotes
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“Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems.”
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“When we strive to remove all risk from childhood we also remove the foundations of a rational adulthood, and we eliminate the very experiences that will help kids grow up to be the empowered, creative, brave problem-solvers that they can and must be.”
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“The more opportunities we have, the more likely we are to be able to handle the unexpected.”
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“The potential for engaged learning is inversely proportionate to the knowability of the outcome.”
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“As individuals, and as a society, we can choose to take responsibility for ourselves. In doing so we have to accept that sometimes when things go wrong, it is just an accident. In order to change how we lay blame, we’re going to have to change our over-protective habits; children can only learn to take responsibility when given a chance to assess and mitigate risk for themselves.”
-- Gever Tulley
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“I'm still waiting for perfection. In the meantime, I'll settle for persistence”
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“Whilst there's a competition still on we're still a chance,”
Source : "Tendulkar hogs limelight in Sydney". www.cnn.com. January 3, 2004.
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