Instruct Quotes

131 quotes by 109 authors

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The mother cannot expect her daughter to understand the mysteries of housekeeping without education. She should instruct them patiently, lovingly, and make the work as… — Ellen G. White
Imagination though it cannot wipe out the sting of remorse can instruct the mind in its proper uses. — William Carlos Williams
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct… — Voltaire
Behold the hands, how they promise, conjure, appeal, menace, pray, supplicate, refuse, beckon, interrogate, admire, confess, cringe, instruct, command, mock and what not besides, with… — Michel de Montaigne
God himself, finding he was in the midst of spirits and glory, because he was more intelligent, saw proper to institute laws whereby the rest… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Those things that hurt, instruct. — Benjamin Franklin
We are losing our common vocabulary, built over thousands of years to help and delight and instruct us, for the sake of what we take… — Alberto Manguel
Life would be a lot easier if conversations were rewindable and erasable, like videos. Or if you could instruct people to disregard what you just… — Sophie Kinsella
You think me foolish to call instruction a torment, but if you had been as much used as myself to hear poor little children first… — Jane Austen
Great blessings await us at this time, and will soon be poured out upon us, if we are faithful in all things, for we are… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
To instruct calls for energy, and to remain almost silent, but watchful and helpful, while students instruct themselves, calls for even greater energy. To see… — Robertson Davies
For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect… — Rene Descartes
I use the verb 'to torment,' as I observed to be your own method, instead of 'to instruct,' supposing them to be now admitted as… — Jane Austen
We all love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing. — Jane Austen
So you're not going to speak tonight," Tessa said. "At all." "Not unless you instruct me to," said Will. "This evening sounds as if it… — Cassandra Clare
What readers ask nowadays in a book is that it should improve, instruct and elevate. This book wouldn't elevate a cow. I cannot conscientiously recommend… — Jerome K. Jerome
Let the flesh instruct the mind. — Anne Rice
A modest dress is a very good thing, if it be the genuine indication of a humble heart, and is to instruct; but it is… — Matthew Henry

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