Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by William Glasser (American Psychiatrist)

William Glasser (1925–2013) was an American psychiatrist and mental health advocate known for developing Choice Theory, a model emphasizing personal responsibility and the power of choice in behavior.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Glasser earned his M.D. from Case Western Reserve University and began his psychiatric career in the 1950s. Disillusioned with traditional practices, particularly psychoanalysis, he sought an approach that promoted individual agency and self-determination.

In 1965, Glasser published Mental Health or Mental Illness, arguing that many mental health issues arise from unmet basic psychological needs. This work laid the foundation for Choice Theory, which states that all behavior is driven by five basic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. He believed that understanding and meeting these needs leads to better choices and more fulfilling lives.

Glasser introduced Reality Therapy in Reality Therapy: A New Approach to Psychiatry (1965,) applying Choice Theory to therapy. He expanded on his theories in The Quality School (1990) and Choice Theory: Psychology of Personal Freedom (1998,) demonstrating their applications in education and relationships.

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We learn…
10%… of what we read
20%… of what we hear
30%… of what we see
50%… of what we see and hear
70%… of what we discuss with others
80%… of what we experience personally
95%… of what we teach others.
—William Glasser

You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school.
—William Glasser
Topics: School

Everybody needs one essential friend.
—William Glasser
Topics: Friends and Friendship

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
—William Glasser
Topics: School

The faster you go, the more students you leave behind. It doesn’t matter how much or how fast you teach. The true measure is how much students have learned.
—William Glasser

What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.
—William Glasser
Topics: School

Healthy personalities accept themselves not in any self-idolizing way, but in the sense that they see themselves as persons who are worth giving to another and worthy to receive from another.
—William Glasser
Topics: Acceptance, Realization, Awareness

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.
—William Glasser
Topics: Freedom, Fun, Survival

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