Teaching Quotes · Page 64

You have to teach yourself to block emotions that do not benefit you in a positive way.

— Senora Roy

The teaching arises out of the stillness. But when I'm alone, there's only the stillness, and that is my favorite place.

— Eckhart Tolle

Coaching - teaching the game - came relatively easy. I connected extremely well with the players.

— Dawn Staley

I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

— Albert Einstein

“I can’t teach you how to write, and anybody who says they can is full of shit.”

— Hank Moody

After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of the world depends

— Wallace Stevens

It is a luxury to learn; but the luxury of learning is not to be compared with the luxury of teaching.

— Roswell Dwight Hitchcock

You have to have teachers who are empowered to facilitate great teaching.

— Betsy DeVos

I've spent my entire adult life teaching at colleges of various kinds, all of them very different from Yale, and I have…

— Jess Row

Be careful with words, they're dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It's up to you to give…

— Elie Wiesel

“You can't make me be nice. You can't make me be good. You can't make me believe. But your example, your kindness,…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly…

— Mark Twain

If someone is unpleasant to you, draw a halo around his or her head in your mind. He/she is an angel who…

— Yoko Ono

“I don't like being with grown-up people. I've known that a long time. I don't like it because I don't know how…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Of all the teachings we receive, this one is most important: Nothing belongs to you of what there is, of what you…

— Chief Dan George

We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church…

— Pope Francis

We are apt to think that everything that happens to us is to be turned into useful teaching; it is to be…

— Oswald Chambers

I have a completely worthless degree: a BS in Photojournalism from Boston University (BU). With this degree, I suppose I could have…

— Peter Menzel

The whole enterprise of teaching managers is steeped in the ethic of data-driven analytical support. The problem is, the data is only…

— Clayton M. Christensen

“Teaching is not only about places, things, and concepts; teaching is totally encompassed within the confines of humanity. It's about people and…

— Lanny K. Cook

“She took a deep breath. "Let me begin again." If this girl wanted to play ball in front of her department head,…

— Red Tash

Not only does social life demand teaching and learning for its own permanence, but the very process of living together educates. It…

— John Dewey

In the annals of American blunders, the Bay of Pigs may have been even more feckless, and the invasion of Iraq more…

— George Will

For the church to say that abortion is not acceptable for a Catholic is fine. To say directly or indirectly that on…

— Patrick Leahy

I had no intention of getting back into politics. I was teaching at Bowdoin and happily retired from politics.

— Angus King

If you trust your nerve as well as your skill, you're capable of a lot more than you can imagine.

— Debi Thomas

I look forward to teaching the occasional class, 'cause I was a professor. And I had fun doing it.

— Barack Obama

Teaching is a function, not a profession. Anything with something to offer can teach.

— John Taylor Gatto

In teaching there can be too much emphasis on certainty and a proper appreciation of uncertainty is to be encouraged.

— Dennis Lindley

The overwhelming number of teachers ...are unable to name or describe a theory of learning that underlies what they do.

— Alfie Kohn

“This is what I want for my students, to lose and find themselves in books.”

— Donalyn Miller

The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward.

— John Knowles

When I came to the West, I realized there was much hunger for spiritual teachings, but no environment for spirituality.

— Sogyal Rinpoche

Teaching is only interesting because you struggle with trying to talk about photographs, photographs that work, you see.

— Garry Winogrand

In my opinion the teaching of volleyball technique, ..., must always be correlated with tactical tasks.

— Viacheslav Platonov

As there is no insignificant work, there is not an insignificant leader. All leaders need training...not just a few.

— Quint Studer

“We need people who push boundaries rather than retreat inside them.”

— Tim Fargo

It is useless to deny that, unless one has a genius for imparting knowledge, teaching is a drudgery.

— Margaret Deland

“Life is a practice. When you 'fail,' you can immediately begin practicing again.”

— Bryant McGill

Everybody takes what they life from the teachings of the church, and ignores the parts that don't suit them.

— Ken Follett