Teaching Quotes

Plan to be better today, but don't ever plan to be finished

But teaching is like climbing a mountain.

In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the Sages.

The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.

The complete teachings of all Buddhas - past, present, and future - are to be found within the essence of every human being.

You are always your own best guru, your own best teacher, the answers are always inside you.

You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.

Since my life as a prisoner has begun I have heard the teachings of the white man's religion, and in many respects believe it to be better than the religion of my fathers

No one rises to low expectations

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

I didn't get into teaching and coaching for the number of wins or the money. It was a passion for trying to help young people

What quantum physics teaches us is that everything we thought was physical is not physical.

In every religion, there are those who would drape themselves in the mantle of belief and faith only to distort it's most sacred teachings - preaching intolerance and resorting to violence.

What she did was to open our eyes to details of country life such as teaching us names of wild flowers and getting us to draw and paint and learn poetry.

Teaching others, he corrected himself.

When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.

To change your reality you have to change your inner thoughts.

How you imagine the world determines how you live in it.

If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.

Education and the process of educating is a total integral, contextual situation which includes students, teachers, parents, administration and environment.

The beginning of 1856 found me teaching in the family of a planter named Bryan, residing in Prince George County, Md., some fifteen or twenty miles from Washington.

The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of Martin Luther King.

There are three things to remember when teaching: know your stuff; know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly.

You can pay people to teach, But you can't pay them to care.

In schools the main problem is not the absence of innovations but the presence of too many disconnected... piecemeal, superficially adorned projects... We are over our heads.

Objective evaluations set the foundation that moves leaders to the tipping point.

What was the duty of the teacher if not to inspire?

Smart people don't learn... because they have too much invested in proving what they know and avoiding being seen as not knowing.

If it would destroy [a 12-year-old boy] to be called a girl, what are we then teaching him about girls?

Compassion, caring, teaching, loving, and sharing your gifts, talents, and abilities are the gateways to power.

All mathematicians share... a sense of amazement over the infinite depth and the mysterious beauty and usefulness of mathematics.

James Franco, acting, teaching, directing, writing, producing, photography, soundtracks, editing - is there anything you can do?

Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.

Reason can answer questions, but imagination has to ask them.

The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything.

The function of the child is to live his own life - not the life that his anxious parents think he should live.

I was aware that the teaching of drawing was being stopped almost 30 years ago. And I always said, 'The teaching of drawing is the teaching of looking.' A lot of people don't look very hard.

The whole inspiration of our civilization springs from the teachings of Christ and the lessons of the prophets. To read the Bible for these fundamentals is a necessity of American life.

I shall never forgive you for teaching me how to love life.

I am not simply teaching the reading; I am teaching the reader.

Teachers learn from their students' discussions

At its deepest level, I think teaching is about bringing people into communion with each other, with yourself as the teacher, and with the subject you are teaching.

It is not enough to simply listen to student voice. Educators have an ethical imperative to do something with students, and that is why meaningful student involvement is vital to school improvement.

Technology is teaching us to be human again.

All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.

Every piece of the puzzle that doesn't fit gets you closer to the answer.

Learning is the only thing that never disappoints us.