My first meditation teacher told me that there is no such thing as a bad meditation. He was right. During the difficult… — Ajahn Brahm Copy Share Image
Like Gandhi, like the Buddha, like all great spiritual teachers, Easwaran had no use for beliefs unless they generated actions. Doing, not… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
I didn't understand how funny this play Much Ado About Nothing truly was until I became an English teacher and had to… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
I have taught some master classes and things at my alma mater and sometimes at my kids' school. I will go in… — Annie Potts Copy Share Image
I certainly identify with the role of mentor and, to some degree, maybe teacher. I do a lot of work with kids… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
You never know what's going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her that I was going… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
As a teacher you just look at someone and you transmit to them what they need to know. Not simply a thought… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It's why you were born. And how… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong's record of "West End Blues" for me. I… — Bill Crow Copy Share Image
Instead of asking, "What can I do to make these students perform?" the great teacher says, "Something's not working! I must not… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
I worked hard when I was a consultant. I worked hard when I was in graduate school looking at neuroscience. I worked… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“If someone teaches only what his superior Man predetermines and orders him to teach, without himself being absolutely convinced of the Meaningfulness… — Sino Melo Copy Share Image
My modus operandi hasn't really changed that much from when I was an English teacher. I wanted my students to leave my… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Rarely will you meet anyone so jealous as a teacher. Year after year students tumble along like waters of a river. They… — Kobe Abe Copy Share Image
To teach effectively a teacher must develop a feeling for his subject; he cannot make his students sense its vitality if he… — George Polya Copy Share Image
Important element is deeply understanding our curriculum. Most teachers know what they're going to cover this week or this term. Few of… — Carol Ann Tomlinson Copy Share Image
Every writer I admire is my teacher. If you look at it, and if you care to read carefully enough and to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I was playing with Chuck Berry, who sounded like an English teacher. Did you ever listen to his records? He pronounces every… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
I grew up in Michigan and - where to start? I mean, my dad was a doctor who worked at a jail.… — Dan Amboyer Copy Share Image
I have witnessed how education opens doors, and I know that when sound instruction takes place, students experience the joys of new-found… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being a Buddhist monk means never losing one's optimism in spite of all difficulties. It also means being harder on yourself than… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“True leadership of teachers count in building humanity and character in students, and not in writing their report cards.” — Kavita Bhupta Ghosh Copy Share Image
Compulsory education... It is a painful, continual, and difficult work; to be done by kindness, by watching, by warning, by precept, and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Gene Kelly was a great dancer and I was lucky to be in 'Singin' in the Rain.' He was my teacher when… — Debbie Reynolds Copy Share Image
When you sit with an enlightened teacher physically, the teacher moves in and out of different states of mind. That is how… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Rogers Park in Chicago. My father sold furniture, and my mother was a Chicago public school… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
You have to remember, we may be the only nation, the only one I know of, that uses test scores not to… — John Merrow Copy Share Image
Experience is a great teacher. You will have to go through the trials and tribulations and the ecstasies and abandoned moments of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Hearing other celebrities moaning about the bad things about being famous - there is no worst thing. If you don't want to… — Gino D'Acampo Copy Share Image
If you care about social and racial justice, innovation, and humanity, become a teacher. There are amazing kids who have unlimited potential… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
My mom was a dance teacher, so she put me in dance school when I was a kid. I did everything. I… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Emmet Fox was one of the world's greatest metaphysical teachers. His works have contributed profoundly to the spiritual understanding of millions of… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
My dad remembers being in school with my uncle, and the teacher would say outright to the class that the Japanese were… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers;… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
I had a great teacher who was really encouraging and said I should go to Central Saint Martins. So I worked my… — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
Although everyone wants to change the teacher, it's time for the agents of educational reform to change themselves. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
“No matter how you were taught by your teacher about how to recite a poem, it is impossible to wear your teacher's… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
TEACHER: If you had five apples on your desk & the Boy next to you took three, what would you have?...STUDENT: A… — Olubayo Adebiyi Copy Share Image
