Eraldo Banovac Quotes - Page 4

Use two-way communication on oral exams to check the students' knowledge, not their attitudes. Checking attitudes can lead to the slippery area of subjective assessment.

In reality, there is no highway to success. Therefore, be prepared for difficulties.

Avoiding setting too strong rules is the best way not to have problems with your own rules.

Be prepared to change yourself if you think there is a need to change your environment.

Creativity is an amazing human characteristic, which is more connected with curiosity than with knowledge.

A person with great knowledge is truly wealthy.

A wise man is humble, knowing he actually doesn't know much.

Living honestly is a prerequisite for a clear conscience.

When choosing a profession, a person will have good incentive for personal development by choosing such a profession that represents a personal challenge.

Teach your little ones about the rules of decent behaviour. When they grow up, it will be too late to learn.

Being able to endure is sometimes the key to survival.

I believe in a world in which science is the key for supporting thedevelopment of a happy future for humanity. So, I advocate for such asituation in which scientists would speak louder. If science is silent, there is no way to solve high priority problems at a global level, such as: the gap between developed and undeveloped countries, poverty, limited energy resources, limited food and even drinking water (especially related to the population growth phenomenon), global warming and rapid climatechanges, etc.

Designing well-written tests still remains a challenging task. Some complex questions may lose clarity causing difficulties in providing meaningful answers. Basically, questions should be designed in such a way that each well-prepared student can easily give a correct answer.

Be extremely careful when using irony: bear in mind that irony might be an overture for sarcasm

Knowledge is an exceptional kind of property which cannot be lost or used up.

There is no greater achievement than being a grandfather who tells fairy tales to grandchildren.

Continuous denial of rational arguments represents a contempt of common sense.

Intellectual capacity is a precondition for becoming a man of knowledge.

Being naturally happy is the most impressive sign of freedom.

The best advice will come from the person who has no personal interest in the matter.

It is much more worthwhile to implement only one bright idea than collecting a thousand of them.

If one is not prepared to fail, there is no way to achieve success inbusiness and life.

Love and advise your children unconditionally.

There are three characteristics of wisdom: knowledge, experience and patience.

The precondition for solving a problem is having a clear idea on how tosolve it.

Life is the greatest teacher because it educates even those who really hate to learn.

If you do not manage things, be prepared to face the consequences.

Living a short life as a proud person is more worthwhile than living a whole century as a chameleon.

To observe life as an inevitability and to observe the nuanced stratification of life are two completely different points of view on life.