Teaching Quotes

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I used to think that prayer should have the first place and teaching the second. I now feel it would be truer to give prayer… — James O. Fraser
When all is said and done we simply must make teaching in this country an honorable profession-since it's in the classrooms of America where the… — Ernest L. Boyer
In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first grade teachers that we give… — Ernest L. Boyer
We hear a lot of talk these days about teaching values in higher education. Frankly, I am not sure this can be accomplished through a… — Ernest L. Boyer
The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be. — Augustus William Hare
In my opinion the teaching of volleyball technique, ..., must always be correlated with tactical tasks. — Viacheslav Platonov
Horrible events in life serve as catalysts for major changes in our life perspective and as teaching tools for helping others. — Dannion Brinkley
Every time you ride, your either teaching or un-teaching your horse. — Gordon Wright
I served for 42 years on the board of trustees of the largest Presbyterian seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and we had brilliant people - teachers… — John Templeton
Anybody who had come up with a new concept would have been under suspicion for being out of step with the tradition or out of… — John Templeton
We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. That is the teaching of Jesus Christ — Edward McKendree Bounds
There are several realms which ordinary persons do not perceive. Because they cannot see them, that doesn't mean they don't exist. One of these realms… — Thrangu Rinpoche
A 5 yr. old's definition of nursery school: "A place where they teach children who hit, not to hit, and children who don't hit, to… — James E. Myers
The function of the child is to live his own life - not the life that his anxious parents think he should live. — Alexander Sutherland Neill
I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn to stop making them. — Joe Abercrombie
The field of scientific abstraction encompasses independent kingdoms of ideas and of experiments and within these, rulers whose fame outlasts the centuries. But they are… — Fritz Haber
A good education is the next best thing to a pushy mother. — Charles M. Schulz
A great teacher never strives to explain his vision. He simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself. — Bobby Ray Inman
A Minneapolis, Minnesota high school teacher hung this sign under the clock in her classroom. "Time will pass...Will you?" — James E. Myers
One of the troubles of the day, observes Mr. C.N. Peac, is that once we came upon the little red schoolhouse, whereas now we come… — Bennett Cerf
What a teacher doesn't say...is a telling part of what a student hears. — Unknown Author
What borders on the criminal is the poor teaching and neglect of those subjects that deal with the history of ideas and ideals, a knowledge… — John Mortimer Smith
The fundamental characteristic of the scientific method is honesty. In dealing with any question, science asks no favors. ... I believe that constant use of… — Ira Remsen
The act of learning itself is no longer seen as simply a matter of information transfer, but rather as a process of dynamic participation, in… — Unknown Author
Humans more easily remember or learn items when they are studied a few times over a long period of time (spaced presentation), rather than studied… — Hermann Ebbinghaus

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