Swanson Quotes

“Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by the simplest of such injunctions.”

“A common misconception of education comes when the definition of education narrows to the intellectual. The child is compartmentalized. He is not seen as a whole person, fully-integrated with physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual capacities. Thus, if an educational program attempts to address the child's intellect while ignoring his spiritual and emotional development, the approach is sadly ignoring the true reality of the child. Likewise, those who separate the spiritual and emotional part of a child from the intellectual make a big mistake. You cannot delegate only the intellectual training of your child to professionals and retain just the spiritual and emotional for yourself. Whatever class is taught, the whole child is affected.”

“Education is the preparation of a child intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, and physically for life and for eternity.”

“Because I take care of my body, it doesn't look like the body of a woman of my years.”

“I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.”

“Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy.”

“I became a fanatic about healthy food in 1944.”

“When people are reading a book, it's a personal thing. They're reading it; it's in their own mind; it's in their own personal space when they're reading it.”

“If you're 40 years old and you've never had a failure, you've been deprived.”

“When I die my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills.”