Teaching Quotes

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I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his. — Catherine the Great
O truly enjoy... [a university], the individual-student or faculty-must harbor a well-calibrated sense of annoyance at the institution, entering into a muted adversarial relationship...both in… — Robin Winks
Of the second-rate leaders people speak respectfully saying, "He has done this, he has done that." Of the first-rate leaders, they do not say this.… — Laozi
Old teachers never die, they just grade away. — Henny Youngman
On those who overanalyze his music: When you tear the wings off a butterfly, it is no longer a butterfly — Claude Debussy
Once I had a professor say to me, "You know you have as much education as a lot of white people." I answered, "Doctor, I… — Joycelyn Elders
Only the brave should teach....Teaching is a vocation. It is as sacred as priesthood; as innate a desire, as inescapable as the genius which compels… — Pearl S. Buck
Oratory is the art of making a loud noise sound like a deep thought. — Bennett Cerf
Our busy age does not always have time to read, but it always has time to look. — Theophile Gautier
Pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible. — Aristotle
Plato used the dialogue format because the exchange of views, the posing and answering of questions, showed that understanding is a living, dynamic process. He… — John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Professors known as outstanding lecturers do two things; they use a simple plan and many examples. — Wilbert J. McKeachie
Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on his backside. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion. — Quintilian
Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people! — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Teach the art of living well. — Seneca the Younger
Teach us delight in simple things, and mirth that has no bitter springs. — Rudyard Kipling
Teach your children well...and feed them on your dreams...Don't ever ask them why. If they told you you would cry. So just look at them… — Graham Nash
Teachers assess to test; educators assess to assist learning. — Dave Carter
Teachers at all levels encourage the idea that you have to talk about things in order to understand them, because they wouldn't have jobs, otherwise.… — Denise Levertov

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