Teacher Quotes · Page 71

Honestly though, what kind of horrid teacher gives an essay on the first day of school?

— Anonymous

Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.

— Kevin James

Learning to drive in Canberra is pretty easy and I had great teachers in my parents.

— Melissa Breen

When a teacher calls a boy by his entire name, it means trouble.

— Mark Twain

For the first time, I wasn't afraid to be smart, and she often stayed after school to work with me.

— Oprah Winfrey

The truly successful teacher is the one you will never need again.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

India is a youthful nation. Can't we think of exporting good teachers?

— Narendra Modi

I've seen a lot of teachers come and go, and you do three or four years, and it's exhausting.

— Cameron Britton

My dad remembers being in school with my uncle, and the teacher would say outright to the class that the Japanese were…

— Mike Shinoda

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

I had a great teacher who was really encouraging and said I should go to Central Saint Martins. So I worked my…

— Giles Deacon

Although everyone wants to change the teacher, it's time for the agents of educational reform to change themselves.

— Andy Hargreaves

“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

It takes quite a bit of time to become enlightened. But it really is not so different from learning any other art;…

— Frederick Lenz

When I was about 15 - that would be some 60 years ago - I remember my father, a secondary school teacher,…

— Michael Rosen

TEACHER: If you had five apples on your desk & the Boy next to you took three, what would you have?...STUDENT: A…

— Olubayo Adebiyi

...if we know God our knowledge of... everything will be brought to perfection, and, in so far as is possible, the infinite,…

— Pope Dionysius

Osho is one of India's greatest mystics… I see him as one of the world's great teachers, thinkers, philosophers and guides of…

— Kabir Bedi

The first and foremost duty of the high school in teaching mathematics is to emphasize methodical work in problem solving...The teacher who…

— George Polya

I really cannot get over the generosity of our Tibetian teacher. He said, "Don't punish yourself. You're going to be a student…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

My parents being Bengali, we always had music in our house. My nani was a trained classical singer, who taught my mum,…

— Shreya Ghoshal

I think I have always sort of cultivated a flowery writing style. I've always sort of over - written in every genre…

— Diablo Cody

I grew up in an environment that promoted a very fixed mindset. It was an era that worshipped IQ and thought that…

— Carol S. Dweck

The best thing you can give as a leader is a reason to trust. People want to trust. They're hungry for it.…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Never have ideas about children, and never have ideas for them.

— George Orwell

Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.

— Ziggy Marley

Your best teacher is the person offering you your greatest challenge.

— Cheryl Richardson

We all have our own karma and so different teachers will be meaningful to different students.

— Tenzin Palmo

Teachers shouldn't make the mistake of always thinking they're the smartest person in the room

— Taylor Mali

I had never seen a white teacher before, but Mrs. Henry was the nicest teacher I ever had.

— Ruby Bridges

“You are your best teacher if you keep questioning yourself.”

— Haresh Sippy

You have the most important job of anyone today. Our kids need you to advocate for their futures.

— George Lucas

Even though I finished my test first, I wait for someone else to get up.

— Anonymous

Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.

— Yoko Ono

Believe it or not, one teacher used to call me a giant spastic for not being able to play football.

— Peter Capaldi

The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.

— William James

I am teaching...It's kind of like having a love affair with a rhinoceros.

— Anne Sexton

Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.

— John Updike

There was once a cross-eyed teacher who couldn't control his pupils.

— Nikhil Saluja

There are real teachers out there; I don't pretend to have their mantle.

— John Darnielle