Teacher Quotes · Page 167

In a democracy, a leader must be the head teacher, someone eager to respond to doubts and questions and explain the need…

— Óscar Arias

Never do anything for a student that he he is capable of doing for himself. If you do you, you'll make him…

— Howard G. Hendricks

My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist,…

— Chinua Achebe

For a game, you don’t need a teacher.

— Dejan Stojanovic

I did tell my kindergarten teacher I would go to space someday, and she said she'd be watching.

— Jared Isaacman

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and…

— John Jay Chapman

Teacher : whoever answers my next question, can go home. One boy throws his bag out the window Teacher : who just…

— Anonymous

I grew up in a house with a mother who was a teacher and a Freedom Rider - very left-wing Democrats living…

— Ben Affleck

Prospective teachers may read about the science of education, but they'll only grasp the art in their early years by seeing it…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.

— Stephen King

“He eased his rough and tumble demon-butt-kicking body over me and I squirmed under his delicious weight. ‘Hot for the teacher’ didn’t…

— Deanna Chase

The Bible is so deep! As the 6th-century church father Gregory put it: "Scripture is like a river...shallow enough...for the lamb to…

— Martin Manser

The secret of the superiority of state over private education lies in the fact that in the former the teacher is responsible…

— Lester Frank Ward

Once, when we were discussing a world peace project with my teacher, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, somebody asked him, Where is all the…

— Deepak Chopra

Pretending to think hard when your teacher is looking at you.

— Christine Regalado

Going to the school to meet the visually impaired was special. I thought I was inspiring them. I was thinking what I…

— Yanni

Relationships are our primary teacher. They are the context in which we either grow into God consciousness, or deny ourselves and others…

— Marianne Williamson

A true spiritual teacher knows more than he or she necessarily verbalizes, using temperance and love to be guided to say what…

— Meredith L. Young-Sowers

To teach is part of the very fabric of learning.

— Paulo Freire

The most valuable thing a teacher can impart to children is not knowledge and understanding per se but a longing for knowledge…

— Albert Einstein

The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.

— Anonymous

Instead of being the 'font of all knowledge,' teachers are required to be effective facilitators of student learning both within and outside…

— Susan Mann

My dad was somewhat of a naturalist and used to teach us about different birds and trees. So did a fifth grade…

— Henry Paulson

I am self-taught. In other words, God is my teacher.

— Akiane Kramarik

Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him…

— Daniel H. Hill

I think if I hadn't been a writer, I'd have been a teacher like my dad. He was a college professor, and…

— Meg Cabot

Howard Zinn was magical as a teacher. Witty, irreverent, and wise, he loved what he was teaching and clearly wanted his students…

— Alice Walker

Teachers must be celebrated for moving civilization from ignorance to enlightenment, from apathy to responsibility.

— Sharon M. Draper

Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.

— Albert Einstein

“I think you mother has Asperger's," Georgie had said to Neal. "They didn't get Asperger's int he '50s." "I'm just saying maybe…

— Rainbow Rowell

The world wants us to be who we truly are, not who we think others want us to be.

— Barbara Cook

I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.

— Karl G. Maeser

I love teaching I think more than anything. It's the opportunity to just teach young people and teach the game. You teach…

— Pat Summitt

If you improve a teacher's self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teacher's overall effectiveness across the curriculum.

— Elaine MacDonald

And I must draft an advertisement for the Daily Prophet, too,' he added thoughtfully. 'We'll be needing a new Defense Against the…

— Anonymous

All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of…

— Oliver North

The teacher always used me as an example to the class of good English and good storytelling because we all had to…

— Michael Jackson

“The tragic truth about boredom is that I have heard teacher after teacher bore their students to the point of tears while…

— Bruce Wilkinson

Substitute teacher: 'Does your normal teacher let you do that?' Students: 'Yeah...'

— Anonymous

I had, out of my sixty teachers, a scant half dozen who couldn't have been supplanted by phonographs.

— Don Herold