Teaching Quotes · Page 51

Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber and takes out our brains to make room for it.

— Charles Caleb Colton

What gives people superiority at a task is true intention. That makes you attuned to everything.

— Werner Erhard

He who does not embrace the teaching of the Church does not have the habit of faith.

— Thomas Aquinas

I was even accused of teaching the chimps how to fish for termites which I mean that would have been such a…

— Jane Goodall

They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history.

— Frank Herbert

The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.

— Pope John Paul II

“You better have some skills in this world. You better bring something to the dinner party or you will be the dinner.”

— Bryant McGill

I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your…

— Socrates

I didn't know who Jimmy Choo was. I think Vanessa Williams was also a very big part of that, teaching me about…

— Mark Indelicato

From birth to death, anyone can fish. I just think it's fantastic to see old people going fishing with young people and…

— Rex Hunt

It was my notion that teaching had to be thorough, it had to be well done, and it had to connect to…

— David C. Driskell

I am inspired by my mother's faith and the teaching I receive under the leadership of Bishop Kenneth C. Ulmer. I am…

— Erica Tazel

His older self had taught his younger self a language which the older self knew because the younger self, after being taught,…

— Robert A. Heinlein

It is not His teachings which make Jesus so remarkable, although these would be enough to give Him distinction. It is a…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

“The more handles one creates at the moment of learning, the more likely the information is to be assessed at a later…

— John Medina

In the end I created a career of my own, concentrating on my writing and lecturing, reaching larger audiences than I would…

— Michael Parenti

Although the teachers or the students are not the same, the person in charge of education is being formed or re-formed as…

— Paulo Freire

I did three DVD's for 'Baby Einstein,' teaching babies how to sign. It really helps a parent communicate because babies can't talk.…

— Marlee Matlin

[America] doesn't have an emphasis anymore on original discovery. Everything is based on teaching and learning for tests. Memorizing what you are…

— Kesha Rogers

“A classroom is like a Greenhouse where the teacher must provide essential amenities like knowledge and life-skill with patience and empathy, control…

— Kavita Bhupta Ghosh

People are often very frightened of their anger. They feel it will cause them to do something harmful. If you have this…

— Shakti Gawain

When we say that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasure of the profligate or that which depends on…

— Epicurus

We sometimes get so caught up in one or another aspect of the teaching, we forget that if a person hasn't been…

— Donald Wuerl

Home teaching is an excellent preparation for missionary service.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Education can not be conferred. Whether in school or out, learning is a do-it-yourself proposition.

— Wheeler McMillen

There are no incurable diseases — only the lack of will. There are no worthless herbs — only the lack of knowledge.

— Avicenna

Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people.

— Albert Einstein

The actual work of reviewing, teaching and learning is human to human.

— Karch Kiraly

“High quality programs require and foster a norm of continuous teaching improvement.”

— Swen Nater

The habits we form from childhood make no small difference, but rather they make all the difference.

— Aristotle

A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn.

— Ruth Beechick

Oh, this is going to be fun; he actually thinks he's teaching me something.

— J.A. Redmerski

There is nothing more frightful than for a teacher to know only what his scholars are intended to know.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I had great teaching. Working with Nike and at CAA, that's the equivalent of going to Michigan Law School and to MIT.

— Rich Paul

“One of the fastest ways you can profoundly change your life is to rid yourself of toxic people.”

— Bryant McGill

What a teacher doesn't say...is a telling part of what a student hears.

— Maurice Natanson

We have the Troops to Teachers program, which encourages retired military individuals to go into teaching.

— Ralph Regula

...it is the greatest achievement of a teacher to enable his students to surpass him.

— John G. Kemeny

“In the marathon of life negativity is never as light-footed as a dreamer's sprint.”

— Bryant McGill