Failing to make it to the list of the best 5 students in…

The best students always are flunking. Every good teacher knows that.

— Robert M. Pirsig

The best students get the hardest lessons.

— Iyanla Vanzant

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

— Charles Kuralt

When I taught, all my best students were women.

— Zaha Hadid

“That the best students from mediocre schools were almost always a better bet than good students from the very best schools.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

“Remember, God assigns his most difficult tests to his best students.”

— Ivan Figueroa-Otero

No one can take it away from you.

— B. B. King

The best students are ones that are willing to take intellectual risks and challenge conventional thinking.

— Oren Etzioni

“The best teachers become the best teachers by being their own best students.”

— Laurie Gray

The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them.

— Leo Buscaglia

“Instead, I designed the unit with one question in mind: What is in the best interest of my students?”

— Kelly Gallagher

They are not the best students who are most dependent on books. What can be got out of them is at best only material;…

— George MacDonald

It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to…

— Malcolm Gladwell

From kindergarten to college, certain teachers engaged my curiosity and motivated me to learn. While I was not the best student, their efforts left…

— George Lucas

My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out.

— Ruth Westheimer