Teaching Quotes

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...the geometrician teaches me how to work out the size of my estates rather than how to work out how much a man needs in… — Seneca the Younger
...the most important things we need to manage can't be measured. — W. Edwards Deming
A boy is better unborn than untaught. — Paul Gascoigne
A few years ago I met an old professor at the University of Notre Dame. Looking back on his long life of teaching, he said… — Henri Nouwen
A government which uses force to maintain its rule teaches the oppressed to use force to oppose it. — Nelson Mandela
A lecturer often makes you feel dumb at one end and numb at the other. — Evan Esar
A person's wound is where their passion is born. — Unknown Author
Act your age. Students do not look upon you as a buddy, pal, or peer. They expect you to be a mature adult....Many young teachers… — Jim Brown
Adde, quod ingÃ©nues didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores, nec sinit esse fervos. To be instructed in the arts, softens the manners and makes men gentle. — Unknown Author
All work is empty save when there is love. — Khalil Gibran
Any teacher can study books, but books do not necessarily bring wisdom, nor that human insight essential to consummate teaching skills. — Unknown Author
As any good teacher knows, the methods of instruction and the range of material covered are matters of small importance as compared with the success… — Noam Chomsky
At the beginning of each lecture I say, 'Here's a set of events unexplainable by common sense, and I promise you'll be able to solve… — Robert Cialdini
Attain deliverance in disturbances. — Kyongho
Be careful with words, they're dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It's up to you to give life to one… — Elie Wiesel
Be different-if you don't have the facts and knowledge required, simply listen. When word gets around that you can listen when others tend to talk,… — Ed Koch
Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You can hire them… — Antonin Scalia
Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake. — George Farquhar
Continuous eloquence is tedious. — Blaise Pascal
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. It is the dishonest businessman's substitute for conscience. It is the communicator's substitute, whether he is advertising… — Russell Lynes

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