Teaching Quotes · Page 82

A man would have to be an idiot to write a book of laws for an apple tree telling it to bear…

— Martin Luther

If I were to go back to the Philippines, I would probably end up teaching creative writing at a university. I wouldn't…

— Miguel Syjuco

“Our world needs less gurus, and more teachers. Gurus are about helping themselves become successful. Teachers are about helping others become successful.”

— Joseph C. Kunz Jr

Before I got my present job, I spent many years teaching writing part-time, so-called, at community colleges and universities. It's academia's version…

— Debra Dean

Down through the centuries, the Church has carefully preserved, protected, and defended its Marian teachings, because to give them up would be…

— Scott Hahn

Years of misguided teaching have resulted in the destruction of the best in our society, in our cultures and in the environment.

— Cesar Chavez

Teaching is just something that has come naturally to me. I didn't set out to be a teacher. I wanted to be…

— Paul Gilbert

In the long run, much public opinion is made in the universities; ideas generated there filter down through the teaching profession and…

— B. Carroll Reece

“This is precisely why I loathed being a teacher! Young people are so infernally convinced that they are absolutely right about everything.…

— J.K. Rowling

I grew up in England at a time when England was winning Nobel Prizes right and left. I mean it was amazing…

— Freeman Dyson

What yoga philosophy and all the great Buddhist teachings tells us is that solidity is a creation of the ordinary mind and…

— Donna Farhi

It is often said that the Buddha's teaching is only a raft to help you cross the river, a finger pointing to…

— Nhat Hanh

A wealth of knowledge is openly accessible in nature. Our ancestors knew this and embraced the natural cures found in the bosoms…

— Suzy Kassem

“Teaching English is (as professorial jobs go) unusually labor-intensive and draining. To do it well, you have to spend a lot of…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

Combining these two ancient teachings (yoga and vipassana) in a seamless manner, which will bring maximum benefits to the meditators, is not…

— Amit Ray

Deep within the self is the Light of God. It radiates throughout the expanse of His creation. Through the Guru's teachings, the…

— Guru Amar Das

The sole fact of having a school to train creative people is absolute lunacy... The idea of 'pedagogical vision' is ignoble, it…

— Christian Boltanski

“       is finding out        what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that      you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just…

— Richard Bach

The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines…

— H. G. Wells

The Book of Revelation is the strangest book in the Bible, and the most controversial. Instead of stories and moral teaching, it…

— Elaine Pagels

Sufism and yoga are one and the same thing. They are just words, in wisdom there is no difference. All the teachings…

— Irina Tweedie

I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries…

— Bainbridge Colby

Teaching the child to treat boundaries seriously teaches the child to respect the rights and needs of others. Thinking of another's needs…

— Warren Farrell

Any teaching of falsehoods in science classes should certainly be identified and stopped by school inspectors. School inspectors should be looking at…

— Richard Dawkins

“Writing can be taught or learned in the vacuum. We must say to students in every area of knowledge: "This is a…

— William Zinsser

Teaching and writing are separate, but serve/feed one another in so many ways. Writing travels the road inward, teaching, the road out…

— Naomi Shihab Nye

The Buddha shared his teachings so that everyone, without exception, could reach the same supreme state of liberation that he had attained…

— Shinjo Ito

Expert tutors often do not help very much. They hang back letting the student manage as much as possible. And when things…

— Mark Lepper

“I am thankful and blessed to be in a position where I have learned as much from those that have taught me…

— Kim Ha Campbell

In my opinion, the teaching, rearing, and training of children requires more intelligence, intuitive understanding, humility, strength, wisdom, spirituality, perseverance, and hard…

— James E. Faust

I realized the universe is 15 billion years old and unspeakably complicated. I still love the teachings of Christ, but I also…

— Moby

The carefully fostered theory that schoolwork can be made easy and enjoyable breaks down as soon as anything, however trivial, has to…

— Agnes Repplier

What we need is a gigantic, messy community conversation about what is teaching and learning for the 21st century. We need to…

— Bill Ayers

President Obama said he plans on training 10,000 new math and science teachers. How about teaching math to that economic team of his?

— Jay Leno

Why I find Louis Brandeis so exciting and inspiring because he's teaching us - good legal writing is not a matter of…

— Jeffrey Rosen

Teaching art is a shared experience. Our ability to share our own personal vision and interact with others through art can become…

— Michael Bell

This is the first teaching of the Knights: You will erase everything you had written in the book of your life up…

— Paulo Coelho

The teacher's life is painfull and therefore would be pityed: it wrastles with unthankfulnesse above all measure...Our calling creepes low and hath…

— Richard Mulcaster

“A Great Teacher is like a fountain; she draws from the still, deep waters of personal growth and professional knowledge to serve…

— Wynn Godbold

Sport for me is about inspiring kids. Here's the rules, here's the play area, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. This is…

— Russell Crowe