50+ Best Special Education Quotes: Exclusive Selection

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Famous Special Education Quotes

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. Khalil Gibran.

Children are our most valuable natural resource. Herbert Hoover.

All kids need is a little help, a little hope, and someone who believes in them Magic Johnson.

I had a lot of trouble in school to begin with. I got left back in kindergarten, and I was in special education. My teachers didn’t have very much faith in me. Jesse Ball.

It is different than in special education where you have no alternative. For the gifted, it is an issue that is not absolutely required. Arthur Allen.

The secret in education lies in respecting the student. Ralph Waldo Emerson.

If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn. Ignacio Estrada.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. Maya Angelou.

Wisdom often consists of knowing what to do next. Herbert Hoover.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart. Nelson Mandela.

The gap between the abilities and capacities of children related to their learning, adjustment and development found at the time of their birth, may further be widened by the nature of the environmental difference encountered by them in their nourishment and education. S. K. Mangal.

When you judge someone based on a diagnosis, you miss out on their abilities, beauty, and uniqueness. Sevenly.

It is not to the rich, that I have devoted myself; it is to the poor only. Had it not been for these, I should have never attempted the education of deaf and dumb. Charles-Michel de l’Epee.

When we listen and celebrate what is both common and different, we become wiser, more inclusive, and better as an organization. Pat Wadors.

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to use its own powers rather than to fill it with the accumulation of others. Tyron Edwards.

What most people don’t know is that most Special Education teachers are really angels disguised as extraordinary humans. Joe Martin.

When inclusive education is fully embraced, we abandon the idea that children have to become ‘normal’ in order to contribute to the world. We begin to look beyond typical ways of becoming valued members of the community, and in doing so, begin to realize the achievable goal of providing all children with an authentic sense of belonging. Norman Kunc.

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. Plato.

When I see you through my eyes, I think that we are different. When I see you through my heart, I know we are the same. Doe Zantamata.

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That’s what I planned to do with my life. Clay Aiken.

Braille is knowledge, and knowledge is power. Louis Braille.

Inspirational Special Education Quotes

As a society, we’ve learned that we’re all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation. Edward Kennedy.

It shouldn’t matter how slowly a child learns. What matters is that we encourage them to never stop trying. Robert John Meehan.

Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations. Bob Beauprez.

All of the children of silence must be taught to sing their own song. Thomas Gallaudet.

We need to add to the three R’s, namely Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic, a fourth— RESPONSIBILITY. Herbert Hoover.

The same arguments which go to show that knowledge is power, that the condition of a people is improved in proportion as the masses are educated, have their application with equal weight to the deaf. Edward Miner Gallaudet.

Deafness, though it be total and congenital, imposes no limits on the intellectual development of its subjects, save in the single direction of the appreciation of acoustic phenomena. Edward Miner Gallaudet.

‘No child left behind’ requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of this accountability. Dianne Feinstein.

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants. John W. Gardner.

Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world. Malala Yousafzai.

For those with learning disabilities, today’s tools for differentiation no longer hold the stigma they used to nor highlight disabilities, but provide opportunities to find success in the classroom. Sharon LePage Plante.

A good special education teacher is hard to find and even harder to hang on to. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who’ll decide where to go. Dr. Seuss.

Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need. Rick Riordan

The highest result of education is tolerance. Helen Keller.

Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or in the same way. George Evans.

Great education is a combination of a supporting environment, dedicated teachers and students who take joy in learning. Hermann J Steinherr.

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. It might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. John Steinbeck.

The best way to improve the American workforce in the 21st century is to invest in early childhood education, to ensure that even the most disadvantaged children have the opportunity to succeed alongside their more advantaged peers. James Heckman.

One of the first things is that the deaf are fully functioning citizens of society, and should be accorded every right granted to the non-hearing impaired. Charles-Michel de l’Epee.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Brooks Adams.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. Oscar Wilde.

The advancement of knowledge must be translated into increasing health and education for the children. Herbert Hoover.

Everyone who remembers his own educational experience remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the kingpin of the educational situation. He makes or breaks programs. Sidney Hook.

We have a responsibility to ensure that every individual has the opportunity to receive a high-quality education, from prekindergarten to elementary and secondary, to special education, to technical and higher education, and beyond. Jim Jeffords.

For every child who is blind, deaf, crippled, or otherwise physically handicapped, and for the child who is mentally handicapped, such measures as will early discover and diagnose his handicap, provide care and treatment, and so train him that he may become an asset to society rather than a liability. Herbert Hoover.

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don’t fit into boxes. Tori Amos.

Inclusive education seeks to address the learning needs of all children, with a specific focus on those who are vulnerable to marginalization and exclusion. The goal is to promote opportunities for all children to participate and be treated equally. Andie Fong Toy.

I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities. Clay Aiken.