Teaching Quotes

2884 Teaching quotes by 1777 unique authors

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying. — Manuel Puig
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon. — Alexander Pope
Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children. — Dan Quayle
The month of Ramadan is the world's most widespread fast and yet its teachings are minimised, neglected and even betrayed (through literal application of rules… — Tariq Ramadan
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with… — Dan Rather
I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion. — Ron Reagan
In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is teaching the poor gratuitously. As a young person I was… — Godfrey Reggio
The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life. — Ernest Renan
Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date. — Ann Richards
I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers. — Rick Riordan
I love teaching. I love working with kids... maybe some day I'll go back to the classroom. I'm not ready to say it'll never happen. — Rick Riordan
Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. — John D. Rockefeller
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it. — Knute Rockne
What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible. — Theodore Roethke
I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary… — Carl Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. — Will Rogers
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. — Eleanor Roosevelt
The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society. — Theodore Roosevelt
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. — Theodore Roosevelt
We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I don't ever remember them telling us or teaching us that the only way we could be more successful is if other people were less… — Marco Rubio
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. — John Ruskin
Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs. — John Ruskin

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