Instruct Quotes

131 quotes by 109 authors

As far as advice, that will be in my next book, my next collection. I certainly never like to instruct anyone, but just say as… — Fay Wray
The artistâ€™s aim is not to instruct the viewer, but to give information, whether the viewer understands the information is incidental to the artist. — Sol LeWitt
Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious. But… — Samuel Johnson
A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others. — Gautama Buddha
Thus rhetoric, it seems, is a producer of persuasion for belief, not for instruction in the matter of right and wrong ... And so the… — Plato
Great knowledge is requisite to instruct those who have been well instructed, but still greater knowledge is requisite to instruct those who have been neglected. — Horace Mann
I need not instruct you of my belief: Time gives all and takes all away ; everything changes but nothing perishes ; One only is… — Giordano Bruno
A ready means of being cherished by the English is to adopt the simple expedient of living a long time. I have little doubt that… — Malcolm Muggeridge
If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you. — Baron de Montesquieu
Writing should be useful. If it can't instruct people a little bit more about the responsibilities of consciousness there's no point in doing it. — Edward Albee
Being the owner of Dachshunds, to me a book on dog discipline becomes a volume of inspired humor. Every sentence is a riot. Some day,… — Elwyn Brooks White
Instruct regulators to look for the newest fad in the industry and examine it with great care. The next mistake will be a new way… — L. William Seidman
A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike. — Thomas a Kempis
If you want your children to relate to the culture you live in, if you want to train them outside of the general system, you… — Jacque Fresco
Dear Father, take this days life into Thine own keeping. Control all my thoughts and feelings. Direct all my energies. Instruct my mind. Sustain my… — John Baillie
In a country this large and a language even larger ... there ought to be a living for somebody who cares and wants to entertain… — John Updike
I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no errand for me. — Jock Sturges
His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as God He taught. — Edmund Waller
Criticism can never instruct or benefit you. Its chief effect is that of a telegram with dubious news. Praise leaves no glow behind, for it… — Ben Hecht
Many teachers will tell you to believe; then they put out your eyes of reason and instruct you to follow only their logic. But I… — Sri Yukteswar Giri

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