Jean Dolores Schmidt > Quotes

“Whenever I hear others say they don’t like their job or the professional path they have chosen, I encourage them to make a change. We spend so much time at our jobs, it’s important that we feel good about being there. Life is too short to be unhappy.”
― Jean Dolores Schmidt, Wake Up With Purpose!: What I've Learned in My First Hundred Years

“It’s not the job of a university to form a protective cocoon around its students so that they can focus solely on their studies. It’s the university’s job to make sure the students are connected to their community and their country.”
― Jean Dolores Schmidt, Wake Up With Purpose!: What I've Learned in My First Hundred Years

“I worry that we have lost much of our community spirit, and I pray often that we can find it again. I felt the loss of this spirit when I heard about all the fighting over wearing masks during the COVID pandemic.”
― Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Wake Up with Purpose!: What I’ve Learned in my First Hundred Years

“In these situations, the teachers have as much to learn from their students as the other way around.”
― Jean Dolores Schmidt, Wake Up With Purpose!: What I've Learned in My First Hundred Years

“our philosophy that it’s the job of a school to empower its students rather than just setting standards and expecting the students to meet them no matter what.”
― Jean Dolores Schmidt, Wake Up With Purpose!: What I've Learned in My First Hundred Years