Pupil Quotes

125 Pupil quotes by 102 unique authors

Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools. — Jonathan Kozol
I was for two years a pupil at the Model School in Fort street which was then conducted upon the Irish national system, and if… — Edmund Barton
Listen to a man's words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character? — Mencius
The most important method of education always has consisted of that in which the pupil was urged to actual performance. — Albert Einstein
A teacher should, above all things, first induce a desire in the pupil for the acquisition he wishes to impart. — Horace Mann
I am a pupil of Pissarro. — Paul Cezanne
To George Gershwin, on refusinghim as a pupil: You would only lose the spontaneous quality of your melody, and end by writing bad Ravel. — Maurice Ravel
The youthful brain should in general not be burdened with things ninety-five percent of which it cannot use and hence forgets again... In many cases,… — Adolf Hitler
Originally a pupil of Liebig, I became a pupil of Dumas, Gerhardt and Williamson: I no longer belonged to any school. — August Kekule
I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend any school in the metropolitan area outside his own district… — James S. Coleman
A pupil is a great resource. — Hudson Stuck
How much longer are you going to be a pupil? From now on do some teaching as well. — Seneca the Younger
A tutor should not be continually thundering instruction into the ears of his pupil, as if he were pouring it through a funnel, but, after… — Michel de Montaigne
The most desirable mode of education, is that which is careful that all the acquisitions of the pupil shall be preceded and accompanied by desire… — William Godwin
Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools for creativeness. A… — Ludwig von Mises
As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in,… — William Godwin
All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves. — Emma Goldman
The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold,… — Anne Sullivan Macy
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. — Horace Mann
I was a good pupil at primary school: in the second class I was writing with no spelling mistakes, and the third and fourth classes… — Jose Saramago
I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher. — Gertrude Stein
The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God. — Victor Hugo
I shall no longer be instructed by the Yoga Veda or the Aharva Veda, or the ascetics, or any other doctrine whatsoever. I shall learn… — Hermann Hesse
The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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