Mary Catherine Bateson Quotes

“The critical question about regret is whether experience led to growth and new learning. Some people seem to keep on making the same mistakes, while others at least make new ones. Regret and remorse can be either paralyzing or inspiring. [p. 199]”

“The main reason I became a teacher is that I like being the first one to introduce kids to words and music and people and numbers and concepts and idea that they have never heard about or thought about before. I like being the first one to tell them about Long John Silver and negative numbers and Beethoven and alliteration and "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" and similes and right angles and Ebenezer Scrooge. . . Just think about what you know today. You read. You write. You work with numbers. You solve problems. We take all these things for granted. But of course you haven't always read. You haven't always known how to write. You weren't born knowing how to subtract 199 from 600. Someone showed you. There was a moment when you moved from not knowing to knowing, from not understanding to understanding. That's why I became a teacher.”

“Fairness is one of the most significant traits in wisdom, the fairer you are, the wiser you become.”

“Unprofessionalism damages the business reputation and tarnishes the trust of society.”

“People who can solve problems in a new way are the innovators.”

“Ingenuity is the ability to solve difficult problems, often in an original and creative way.”

“Innovators are at their very heart visionaries who also have determination, dedication, passion and motivation.”

“Intuition matters but, pay more attention to the unconscious bias.”

“Innovation is a progress, and progress in simplicity.”

“Decision power is knowledge-based, wisdom-driven and character-oriented.”