His Students Quotes

40 quotes by 35 authors

A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences. — Amos Bronson Alcott
It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students. — Edmond H. Fischer
A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who learns nothing from… — Mahatma Gandhi
His students were hardly in a position to tell him when he was getting windy, and he had recently noticed, as most professors did after… — Aaron Elkins
The young man taught all he knew and more; The middle-aged man taught all he knew; The old man taught all that his students could… — Arnold Ross
Clearly the work of a master teacher who has deep knowledge of his subject and enormous empathy for his students and his readers. — Betty Edwards
...it is the greatest achievement of a teacher to enable his students to surpass him. — John G. Kemeny
The decent docent doesn't doze; He teaches standing on his toes. His students dassn't doze and does, And that's what teaching is and was. — David McCord
A great teacher is one who realizes that he himself is also a student and whose goal is not dictate the answers, but to stimulate… — Herbie Hancock
One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then are you a… — Gautama Buddha
I am firm in my belief that a teacher lives on and on through his students. Good teaching is forever and the and the teacher… — Jesse Stuart
The Socratic teacher turns his students away from himself and back onto themselves; he hides in paradoxes, makes himself inaccessible. The intimate relationship between student… — Karl Jaspers
A good teacher will appreciate the good qualities of his students. If one good quality is allowed to emerge, a world of good qualities will… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
A teacher can never truly teach unless he is still learning himself. A lamp can never light another lamp unless it continues to burn its… — Rabindranath Tagore
Marshall is the coach's coach. No one is more of a listener, who learns from us (his students) from what we say or do not… — Alan Hassenfeld
The only teaching that a professor can give, in my opinion, is that of thinking in front of his students. — Henri Lebesgue
The first and foremost duty of the high school in teaching mathematics is to emphasize methodical work in problem solving...The teacher who wishes to serve… — George Polya
The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus taught his students that what happens to them is not as important as what they believe happens to them. In… — Stanley Krippner
Mr. McVicker instilled self-respect in those of us who were his students, because he respected us regardless of our background, — Ahmad Jamal
There was once a professor of law who said to his students. When you are fighting a case, if you have facts on your side… — W. Somerset Maugham

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