We have expressed our values as statements, each illustrated by proverbs from Estonian folk tradition.
We believe that
Every person is unique, and so are their needs for growth.
- Every bird flies where its beak points.
- Many heads, many minds; many hands, many tasks.
Cooperation is a value: everyone has something to give and something to gain.
- Many heads are still many heads.
- One gives a thread, another gives a thread, and together they make a skirt.
- Help from a mouse, help from a mouse's child.
People take both themselves and others into account.
- First know yourself, then others.
- Everyone knows where their own shoe pinches.
- As you treat others, so will others treat you.
- Whoever tries to please everyone pleases no one.
- What you sow on others, you reap from yourself.
Human relationships are the foundation of happiness. Communication can be learned.
- The power of a word is greater than the power of an army.
- What comes from the heart goes to the heart.
No one may use violence against another (physical or mental).
- Sow good and good will grow.
- Do good and you will find good.
- Better a bowl of broth eaten in peace than a cauldron of soup eaten in strife.
- The tongue has killed more people than the axe.
- The blows of a beating land on the body, but the blows of words go right through it.
- Blows of words sometimes hurt more than blows of the hand.
Enterprise makes for a better life.
- Whoever won't jump into the water will never learn to swim.
- If you want to catch the goat, grab it by the horns.
Creativity helps us cope with change and brings a sense of fulfilment.
- A maker makes something even out of nothing.
- A wise man squeezes bread even out of a stone.
Inner motivation is the most powerful engine of a person's growth.
- Your own will is what matters most.
- Master of your own mind, king of your own head.
- Wisdom can't be ladled into your head.
We learn responsibility by taking responsibility.
- Everyone is the smith of their own fortune.
Learning is a joy and lasts a lifetime!
- Rich is the one who has learned much.
- Live to learn and learn to live.
- A person is a schoolboy for eighty years.
We all learn from one another.
- The work for another, the lesson for yourself.
Mistakes are part of learning.
- No one becomes wise without first having been foolish.
- Whoever does things will have things happen.
- Doing it yourself works better than knowing how it was done.
- You can't become a blacksmith on the sofa.
Future-oriented education needs effective tools.
- Don't try to catch a crane with an axe.
