Students Quotes · Page 14

To teach successfully we must tell all we know, but only what is adaptable to the student.

— Jean-Francois de La Harpe

My students are noticed by the people I respect from the quality of their work.

— Louise Wilson

A true master gives all his knowledge. But only when the student is ready.

— Georges St-Pierre

Don't read a book and be a follower; read a book and be a student.

— Jim Rohn

The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.

— James S. Coleman

There is unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Like jilted and disappointed lovers, some of my students just want to be left alone.

— Kirsten Olson

I did not come to collect students, but to train teachers.

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

Clearly the work of a master teacher who has deep knowledge of his subject and enormous empathy for his students and his…

— Betty Edwards

Too often we forget that discipline really means to teach, not to punish. A disciple is a student, not a recipient of…

— Daniel J. Siegel

As a teacher I approach my students purely with the human desire to free them from all scholarly inhibitions, and I tell…

— Hans Hofmann

Numerous studies document the benefits to students from school grounds that are ecologically diverse and include free play areas, habitats for wildlife,…

— Richard Louv

I had studied piano since I was 13, but I was surrounded by students who'd been playing since they were 5. I…

— Kevin Kline

We aren't quite sure what we're trying to differentiate, and therefore can't quite see how to do it other than giving some…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

That awkward moment when you know the full lyrics of over 100 songs, but can't answer 10 questions of your test...

— Anonymous

If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood .

— Richard P. Feynman

In classrooms full of students who range from brilliant to sullen disaffection, it's games - and often games alone - that I've…

— Tom Chatfield

My life has had a lot of fits and starts: before I studied literature at all I was a musician, and began…

— Garth Greenwell

O truly enjoy... [a university], the individual-student or faculty-must harbor a well-calibrated sense of annoyance at the institution, entering into a muted…

— Robin Winks

I watched the coral reefs that I studied as a student vanish in the blink of an eye, and for decades I…

— Nancy Knowlton

Intelligence is a separate gift, for the benefit of students, so that they may think of themselves as intellectual and not very…

— Maya Angelou

One time there was a student at Punjab University in Lahore who came down with cancer and his friend came to me…

— Abdul Sattar Edhi

Students of the Way must not study Buddhism for the sake of themselves. They must study Buddhism only for the sake of…

— Dogen

I was hugely impressed... was the ultimate example of a man who knew what he didn't know, was perfectly willing to admit…

— Randy Pausch

Both Christianity and Islam are logocentric,” he told his students, “meaning they are focused on the Word. In Christian tradition, the Word…

— Dan Brown

I report when science clashes with the Bible story and when it reinforces it. Then I let the readers chew on it.…

— Stephen M. Miller

When teachers are forced to teach to the test, students get bored and genuine education ceases, no matter what the test scores…

— Myron Tribus

Even as I've become more reticent about the political possibilities of the academic space, I want to note that students have played…

— Joshua Clover

Much like teaching art to young art students age 10 to 15 or so on, you have to break it down into…

— Kehinde Wiley

Teacher cannot solve or heal all student stress. The teacher can be vigilant in trying to guide the child toward solutions;but the…

— Michael Gurian

The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an important step forward in ensuring that the United States remains competitive in the global…

— Kimberlee Green

If the students don't want to learn about evolution, they shouldn't be in the course. A biology course that teaches creationism is…

— Joan Wallach Scott

I'm afraid I wasn't much of a student, but my casual reading was enormous.

— Conrad Aiken

The teacher says work with a partner, I look at my friend, we both nod.

— Anonymous

I get annoyed when I solve a hard math problem to find out later that answer is 0.

— Anonymous

It's important for students to take their studies seriously.

— Nicholas A. Christakis

I wish I could go to school without studying, and just have fun with my friends.

— Anonymous

“Assessment is about teachers and not about students.”

— Deepa Bhussh

She talked to me like I was just like any other student, not a kid in a wheelchair.

— Sharon M. Draper

The students wanted to speak to the government, and the police answered with bullets.

— Vusi Mahlasela