The one thing that I always got positive reinforcement for from teachers, who really changed my life, was the written word. — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“She was so deeply imbedded in my consciousness that for the first year of school I seem to have believed that each… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
People with education get out of the classroom as soon as they can and jump into administration or higher ed, there just… — Raheem Jarbo Copy Share Image
My father drove a truck, and my mother was a school teacher. They wanted their children to go the traditional route: get… — Tony Rock Copy Share Image
Nothing can be done about it: every master has but a single pupil--and he will not stay loyal to him--for he is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When a teacher is paying extra attention to your child, you believe that it's because you raised such an exceptional kid, one… — Drew Magary Copy Share Image
I think it's ironic when Plato makes the learned woman Aspasia Socrates' teacher, but I think women crop up more in the… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
Education, actual learning - it is hard work. It's very personal. Your parents don't teach you anything. Your teachers don't teach you… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
Punitive measures whether administered by police, teachers, spouses or parents have well known standard effects: (1) escape-education has its own name for… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
The mind of your own enemy, the pupil, is working away from you, as keenly and eagerly as is the mind of… — William James Copy Share Image
A friend of mine urged me to see my pain as an opportunity. And since the same psychic that contacted Dion Fortune… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
Who are these evil ones? In 1984, the evil one was called Goldstein. Orwell was writing a grim parody. But these people… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
“What makes you think you’re so special? Just because you’re a teacher? What he was really saying was: You are so special.… — Bel Kaufman Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, everybody in charge, my parents and teachers, had all survived the war, and they talked about the… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
You may not need a teacher or you may be drawn to one - everything is individual. But the main thing you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A teacher, therefore, who would think that he could prepare himself for his mission through study alone would be mistaken. The first… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
I don't have individuals that are heroes per say but I will suggest that teachers are heroes for me, our firefighters are… — John Assaraf Copy Share Image
You can focus on Jesus or Buddha or Krishna, Ramakrishna, Lao Tsu, Yukteswar, Yogananda, Vivekananda, any of the great spiritual teachers who… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When I was 23, basically I stopped modelling and started going to school, and was able to study with wonderful teachers. — Andie MacDowell Copy Share Image
“giving children something with which to surprise their parents is one of the greatest gifts a teacher can bestow.” — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
There is no best teacher. Life itself is the teacher. There is no best method. All that matters is that it works. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a child was, which was… — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
Experience is the only teacher we have. We may talk and reason all our lives, but we shall not understand a word… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Research suggests that teachers who use more progressive or project-based learning techniques are more satisfied in their roles than teachers who use… — Sylvia Libow Martinez Copy Share Image
I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
My high school teacher, Reggie Andrews, was a huge factor in my learning my instrument. He didn't play bass, but it was… — Thundercat Copy Share Image
My Sunday school teachers had turned Bible narrative into children's fables. They talked about Noah and the ark because the story had… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Teachers and administrators sleepwalk through their responsibilities, dulled and discouraged by the endless pressures and problems. — David Perkins Copy Share Image
A high-school teacher, after all, is a person deputized by the rest of us to explain to the young what sort of… — Emile Capouya Copy Share Image
My name is Jennifer, and when I first went to school, my kindergarten teacher called me Jenny, and from then on, I… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
I made the transition to directing documentaries with the great help of my Co-Director on The World According to Sesame Street, Linda… — Linda Goldstein Knowlton Copy Share Image
That awkward moment when your teacher says 'Find a partner,' and you have no friends in that class so you're like... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In order not to lose your resolve and purpose, you need to unite with others of like mind and work with an… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
“I'm afraid the time has come to officially give up on me." "What kind of teacher would I be if I did… — Nicole Murphy Copy Share Image
I am a liberated teacher. A person who meditates with me, even though they may be thousands of miles away, will draw… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There's nothing a teacher likes better than ten minute videos. It's not the whole class, but it's not too short, it's enough… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Eventually light prevails, you just have to be patient. So practice Buddhism, learn to be enlightened, put a smile on your face,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My biggest inspiration has been life for me. Basic survival has been my biggest teacher. Surviving in Mumbai for so many years… — Neeraj Kabi Copy Share Image
