Teaching Quotes

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Not everyone has equal abilities, but everyone should have equal opportunity for education. — John F. Kennedy
Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows. — Henry David Thoreau
How you imagine the world determines how you live in it. — David Suzuki
Cramming seeks to stamp things in by intense application immediately before the ordeal. But a thing thus learned can form but few associations. — William James
The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running. Where it is lacking there are no real students, but only… — Simone Weil
These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future. — Vernon Cooper
People don't always have the vision, and the secret for the person with the vision is to stand up. It takes a lot of courage. — Natalie Cole
Do not fear adversity. Remember, a kite rises against the wind rather than with it. People are not willing to take risks when they feel… — Jan Carlzon
Only when we accept full responsibility for our lives will we have the confidence and courage to risk. — Stacy Allison
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come. — Janet Erskine Stuart
If you let fear of the unknown stop you from taking chances, you will stifle your true potential. — Steve Rizzo
Stay firmly in your path and dare; be wild two hours a day! — Paul Gauguin
Throughout the ages there have always been those who have been willing to go beyond the norms and reach for that unknown and distant star. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only teaching that a professor can give, in my opinion, is that of thinking in front of his students. — Henri Lebesgue
The first and foremost duty of the high school in teaching mathematics is to emphasize methodical work in problem solving...The teacher who wishes to serve… — George Polya
Most remarks made by children consist of correct ideas very badly expressed. A good teacher will be very wary of saying 'No, that's wrong.' Rather,… — W. W. Sawyer
When we find ourselves unable to reason (as one often does when presented with, say, a problem in algebra) it is because our imagination is… — W. W. Sawyer
Though Rome's gross yoke Drops off, no more to be endured, Her teaching is not so obscured By errors and perversities, That no truth shines… — Robert Browning
Religious music is by far the greatest music of the ages. What is there to compare-in rhythmic beauty, poetic sublimity, and inspired teachings-with the Psalms… — Bruce R. McConkie
An organist who has the sensitivity to quietly play prelude music from the hymnbook tempers our feelings and causes us to go over in our… — Boyd K. Packer

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