Teaching Quotes

2884 Teaching quotes by 1777 unique authors

A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student. — Henny Youngman
I was teaching in one of the universities while the country was suffering from a severe famine. People were dying of hunger, and I felt… — Muhammad Yunus
When I was about six, I saw my elder siblings play chess and pestered my mother into teaching me. Very soon, I was beating everyone… — Viswanathan Anand
The reason Buddhism can be so naturalised is because, stripped of its supernatural elements, its core teachings can be giving a sound, secular philosophical interpretation.… — Julian Baggini
Just as the unique characteristics of both males and females contribute to the completeness of a marriage relationship, so those same characteristics are vital to… — David A. Bednar
I graduated from Bowdoin College and went to the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Then I left and took a job teaching really poor inner-city… — Geoffrey Canada
I worked for a while as a teaching assistant while I was struggling. I really enjoyed it, working with kids with special needs, autism. It… — Joseph Mawle
I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them. — Mae West
Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever. — Walt Disney
Well, for one thing, the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things. And you have to… — Mitch Albom
there was no crime in unconscious plagiarism; that I committed it everyday, that he committed it everyday, that every man alive on earth who writes… — Mark Twain
Take an old man's word; there's nothing worse than a muddle in all the world. It is easy to face Death and Fate, and the… — E. M. Forster
You have heretofore found out, by my teachings, that man is a fool; you are now aware that woman is a damned fool. — Mark Twain
For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula,… — Charles Bukowski
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. — Thomas Jefferson
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself. — Galileo Galilei
The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education. — Maya Angelou
It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever," he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching? — Terry Pratchett
The artist must be blind to distinction between 'recognized' or 'unrecognized' conventions of form, deaf to the transitory teaching and demands of his particular age. — Wassily Kandinsky
Learning from experience is a faculty almost never practiced — Barbara Tuchman
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it,… — Rachel Carson
[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are. — Jim Henson
When something dies is the greatest teaching. — Shunryu Suzuki
I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching… — Hermann Hesse
To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. — Pearl S. Buck

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