Thursday, September 27, 2012

Inspiring Quotes From Leaders in the Early Childhood Field

"If you don't like the way the world is, you change it.  You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time."

--Marian Wright Edelman 
         Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund

"The Question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to."

--Marian Wright Edelman
         Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund

"The moment I decided to follow instead of lead, I discovered the joys of becoming part of a small child's world."

--Janet Gonzalez-Mena
         U.S. early childhood educator and author

"Part of being who you are has to do with feelings, which means you'll have a wide range of emotions - not just constant sunshiny happiness."

--Janet Gonzalez-Mena Child Family and Community: Family-Centered Early Care Education

"The passion to create a safer more just world is there and I suppose will be there until I die, maybe until later..."

--Louise Derman-Sparks
       Anti-bias educator and author
        Professor Emeritus at Pacific Oaks College

"To have an opportunity to shape a child's life for the better is what makes me passionate."

--Sandy Escobido Los Angeles Preschool Advocacy Initiative

3 comments:

  1. Your post this week are a really inspiration to the understanding and shaping of working within the early childhood field.

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  2. Those are some very inspiring quotes about childrne and educatin. With a little determination, we can make a great difference in the life of a child

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  3. Great post, the ways of world is some much for someone to deal with it, by taking one step at a time is a great way accomplish the task!

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