Teaching Quotes

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Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam. Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind. — Horace
Every woman who vacates a place in the teachers' ranks and enters an unusual line of work, does two excellent things: she makes room for… — Frances E. Willard
Fear is what prevents the flowering of the mind. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
For every person wishing to teach there are thirty not wanting to be taught. — W. C. Sellar
For the academic the rhetorical sense of superiority through the possession of knowledge is essential for facing the daily grind, turning again to the otherwise… — Robin Winks
Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist. — Robert M. Hutchins
Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. — C W Ceram
Get them to sing your song and they will want to know who you are. — Paul Robeson
Giving his lecture for the third time freed Dr. Lionel Gift from paying much attention to it. He had a naturally expressive style of delivery,… — Jane Smiley
He could charm an audience an hour on a stretch without ever getting rid of an idea. — Mark Twain
He who influences the thought of his times, influences all the times that follow. He has made his impress on eternity. — Hypatia
Headmasters have powers at their disposal with which Prime ministers have never yet been invested. — Winston Churchill
How much it is to be regretted, that the British ladies should ever sit down contented to polish, when they are able to reform; to… — Hannah More
Humankind can't stand too much reality. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I am a part of all whom I have met. — Alfred the Great
I am sure that one secret of a successful teacher is that he has formulated quite clearly in his mind what the pupil has got… — Alfred North Whitehead
I do not think that any thorough-going modification of college curriculum would be possible without a modification of the methods of instruction. — John Dewey
I got so tired of hearing those proverbs when I was a child. Now I use them all the time. Sometimes they are the best… — Marva Collins
I have come to realize that an early symptom of approaching mental illness is the belief that one's work is terribly important. If you consider… — Bertrand Russell
I just read about a schoolteacher who got hurt. She was grading papers on a curve! — Milton Berle
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

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