Teaching Quotes · Page 63

I know what I can know, and am not troubled about what I cannot know.

— Johann Gottlieb Fichte

Shambhala teachings say we all have the potential to accomplish our enlightened nature - our basic goodness.

— Sakyong Mipham

This is not just about talking or teaching a practice - this is about releasing an explosive energy of ecstasy.

— Jaggi Vasudev

. . . [we] read in the bystander's eyes the success or failure of our own conduct.

— William James

A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image.

— Anonymous

It is not the how of painting but the why. To imitate a style would be a little like teaching a tone…

— Ben Shahn

“Teach them ethics and martial arts and. . . I don't know. Bravery. Do you think you can teach someone to be brave?”

— Marissa Meyer

I'm a philosophy major. That means I can think deep thoughts about being unemployed.

— Bruce Lee

The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same…

— Howard Gardner

“People in the city are poor because they are oppressed, discriminated against and alienated; people in the country are poor because they're…

— Garret Keizer

There should be no element of slavery in learning. Enforced exercise does no harm to the body, but enforced learning will not…

— Plato

A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Teaching social science is at its best meant assisting students in making connections across time and place, both seeking common humanity and…

— Mike Rose

The reason I love teaching, it's like being a miner. I find all these undiscovered jewels and, with the right motivation, they're…

— Rafe Esquith

I'm always an entrepreneur, but I'd probably be a teacher. I like teaching kids, whether that's tennis on the courts or history…

— Boris Kodjoe

We disagree with the assertion that great teachers can be replaced by online alternatives. The futuristic claim that technology will triumph over…

— Andy Hargreaves

“After graduate school, I stumbled into teaching mostly by chance. I was lucky and picked up new fields as I taught, expanding…

— Salvatore Pane

It might be comforting to assume that intolerance is an aberration within Islam but discrimination against Christians or any other non-Muslim is…

— Michael Coren

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Can we see God? Of course not. Can we know God?…

— Swami Vivekananda

O truly enjoy... [a university], the individual-student or faculty-must harbor a well-calibrated sense of annoyance at the institution, entering into a muted…

— Robin Winks

Parents must bring light and truth into their homes by one family prayer, one scripture study session, one family home evening, one…

— L. Tom Perry

My concern is that the leaders who are presently responsible for guiding the masses and teaching the people in the church environment,…

— Myles Munroe

We have no proof that Socrates ever existed. We only know from witnesses to his life that he did. Like Jesus, he…

— Christopher Hitchens

Nothing is better for my playing than teaching because when you teach, you have to think and you have to listen what…

— Itzhak Perlman

Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

People really need to just love themselves because no one is teaching people that.

— Caleb McLaughlin

The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive neck, whichever way the rider indicates.

— Horace

I cannot teach -- if I teach as teaching should be I become so exhausted I nearly die, I seem to have…

— James Tiptree Jr

“This is your life and you have the right and responsibility to make good decisions for yourself.”

— Bryant McGill

“You can't really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself.”

— Dave Cullen

In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work.

— Parker J. Palmer

Pause & remember: Each step is a victory. Every fall is a lesson. Either way, you are growing and improving.

— Anonymous

Friends teach you what you WANT to know. Enemies teach you what you NEED to know.

— Anonymous

Fiction challenges us and works its miracles by placing us in the skin of another human being and teaching us empathy.

— Hugh Howey

I'm teaching myself to believe in things I don't understand, I don't even know if they're true, but that's what dreamers do.

— Demi Lovato

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.

— William Godwin

Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know…

— Anonymous

“It is never cruel to want to save yourself from being swamped by fools.”

— Bryant McGill

Teaching kids about health and fitness is important to me. It's about being fit for life.

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

“Do you want to flourish in the garden of life? Life's gardeners pluck the weeds and care only for the productive plants.”

— Bryant McGill