I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief.

- Anne Sullivan Macy

We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.

- Anne Sullivan Macy

You cannot touch the clouds, you know; but you feel the rain and know how glad the flowers and the thirsty earth are to have it after a hot day. You …

- Anne Sullivan Macy

I never taught language for the purpose of teaching it; but invariably used language as a medium for the communication of thought; thus the learning …

- Anne Sullivan Macy

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.

- Anne Sullivan Macy

The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true…

- Anne Sullivan Macy

Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of cu…

- Anne Sullivan Macy

Too often, I think, children are required to write before they have anything to say. Teach them to think and read and talk without self-repression, a…

- Anne Sullivan Macy

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

- Anne Sullivan Macy