Thomas J. Sergiovanni quotes

“The heart and soul of school culture is what people believe, the assumptions they make about how school works.”
-- Thomas J. Sergiovanni

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“Systems of schooling are over managed and under led.”
-- Thomas J. Sergiovanni

Source : Thomas J. Sergiovanni (2005). “Strengthening the Heartbeat: Leading and Learning Together in Schools”, Jossey-Bass

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“(We need) leadership that is tough enough to demand a great deal from everyone, and leadership that is tender enough to encourage the heart.”
-- Thomas J. Sergiovanni

Source : Thomas J. Sergiovanni (1996). “Leadership for the Schoolhouse: How Is It Different Why Is It Important”, Jossey-Bass

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“(In schools) There is an emphasis on doing things right rather on doing the right things.”
-- Thomas J. Sergiovanni

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“I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in as simple a form as necessity dictates. When a thing is labeled 'complex,' that's just a roundabout way of saying you're not observant enough to understand it.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.133, Macmillan

“I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.”

“Ideas may drift into other minds, but they do not drift my way. I have to go and fetch them. I know no work manual or mental to equal the appalling heart-breaking anguish of fetching an idea from nowhere.”

“The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.”

“When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, `The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.”

“Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.”

“Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.”

“I've been singing all my life. I've always wanted this. I sang in church, in school plays, and my parents gave me vocal lessons. My parents always said this was destined for me.”

“I was very unsure about what I wanted to do in high school.”

Source : "PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Aaron Tveit". Interview with Kenneth Jones, www.playbill.com. July 24, 2010.

“I'm not good for you. I don't know why you make me want you so bad. I was angry with myself when I said all that earlier. I was mad because I wanted you in a way I'd never experienced before. Before you, I just wanted to excel in football and school. I wanted my parents to be proud of me. But now, I want other things too. You get to me in a way I don't understand”