Teaching Quotes · Page 59

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has been in existence for most of this century.

— C. Everett Koop

She's French, so she's teaching them French, and their previous nanny was Spanish, so they're fluent in Spanish.

— Gwyneth Paltrow

Most teachers in America could dramatically improve their teaching if they just made every second count.

— Eva Moskowitz

Rigorous teaching schedules combined with mounds of paperwork can lead to burnout.

— Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

I think it likely that some of my pupils will reach unusual distinction.

— Howard Pyle

'The Discovery of France' by Graham Robb is teaching me lots about a country I've long loved but realise I didn't really…

— Diana Quick

I always considered the role of teaching to be very noble and relevant.

— Santiago Calatrava

“Teachers should know that the quality of the answers depends significantly on the quality of the questions.”

— Eraldo Banovac

I follow the teachings of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, United States Marine Corps. He won two Congressional Medals of Honor, and…

— Jesse Ventura

I think in terms of educating a group of readers, MFA programs are very good. I just think the model of MFA…

— Edward Hirsch

“My mother—with all the embarrassment and hurt that she caused me in my youth—ended up giving me the drive and the fire…

— Vernon Davis

“Teachers knew every one of the students, their secrets, their grades, their home situations. And all the students knew the teachers. It…

— Victoria Kahler

The three elements of creativity are thus: loving, knowing, and doing - or heart, mind, and hands - or, as Zen Buddhist…

— Eric Maisel

We know at lot more now than the 'last time around the 1960s and 1970s - about how to work for smart…

— David Perkins

“Practice teaching others the 'unsearchable riches' of Christ in His person and work. Each week, explain a verse from a section of…

— Henry Hon

We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them. The merit will…

— James Madison

What will you and I give for Christmas this year? Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior the…

— Thomas S. Monson

I would say how important it is that we stop teaching kids, from the beginning, that boys are more important than girls.…

— Geena Davis

Shall we not, then, lay down a law, in the first place, that boys shall abstain altogether from wine till their eighteenth…

— Plato

If broken lives and souls are to be healed, it must begin with teaching the practice of the presence... To abide in…

— Leanne Payne

“So how do you go about teaching them something new? By mixing what they know with what they don’t know. Then, when…

— Françoise Gilot

“We must trust that what we're doing has a purpose. We must realize that we're not here to make kids conform or…

— Tom Walsh

I have seen the mystics play there Once or twice but I knew they had a reason Enchantment plays it's cards all…

— Jon Anderson

I have laid the stick that connects people together. Now it is up to you, your generation and the generations to come,…

— Mau Piailug

Teaching is a never-ending story. The work is never over; the job is never done.

— Andy Hargreaves

The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.

— Elbert Hubbard

“Change will never happen if you lack the ability and courage to see yourself for who you really are.”

— Bryant McGill

We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them.

— James Madison

When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn't matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.

— Audre Lorde

Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives.

— Thomas Berry

History keeps teaching us that we can't recognize the important events that are going to trigger changes.

— David Weinberger

You cannot understand the teacher or their teaching without understanding the person the teacher is.

— Andy Hargreaves

The essence of true religious teaching is that one should serve and befriend all.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I'd been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings.

— Clarence Thomas

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.

— John Henrik Clarke

The best way to teach somebody something is to have them think they're learning something else.

— Randy Pausch

Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to…

— Hosea Ballou

Teaching...can be likened to a conversation in which you listen to the speaker carefully before you reply.

— Marie Clay

It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching…

— Edward Sapir

“It is astounding what power being kind, mannered, polite and considerate has in transforming your life.”

— Bryant McGill