Pupil Quotes

125 Pupil quotes by 102 unique authors

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
I will sit in the pupil of your eyes and that will carry your sight into the heart of the things — Rabindranath Tagore
And that's when Anna realized that what the wolf had been asking Bran for was death. Impulsively, Anna stepped away from Charles. She put a… — Patricia Briggs
I must try to remember that a boy's heart is not a man's, and perhaps a teacher must learn from his pupil, too, eh? — David Clement-Davies
I would have things as they were in all the days of my life . . . and in the days of my longfathers before… — J.R.R. Tolkien
TEACHER seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person. — Daniel Quinn

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