Teaching Quotes - Page 6

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  I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Leadership, Education

  Sir Winston Churchill (1966). “Irrepressible Churchill: a treasury of Winston Churchill's wit”

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• Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Inspirational, Funny, Leadership

  Time Enough for Love "Prelude II" (1973)

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• It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Attributed to Aristotle in "Religion and the Pursuit of Truth" by Lowell Lindsay Bennion, p. 52, 1959.

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• The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

  Mark Twain

  Sweet, Children, Interesting

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.7, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Good teaching is forever being on the cutting edge of a child's competence.

  Jerome Bruner

  Children, Cutting, Forever

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• Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.

  Confucius

  Teacher, Learning, Knowledge

  Confucius (1907). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.

  Wayne Dyer

  Relationship, Change, Spiritual

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Jan 09, 2012

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• You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Success, Dream

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 24, 2016

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• Knowledge exists to be imparted.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Education, Learning

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.226, Рипол Классик

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• The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

  Loretta Lynn

  Country, Children, Mistake

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.7, Vintage

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• A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Teacher, Retirement, Reality

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• Teachers open the door ... you enter by yourself.

  Confucius

  Education, Teacher, Doors

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• A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.

  John Henrik Clarke

  Education, Teacher, Firsts

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• Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

  Joyce Meyer

  Motivational, Education, Teacher

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• If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.

  Tryon Edwards

  Education, Teacher, Knowledge

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.717, Ravenio Books

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• It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going.

  Jim Jarmusch

  Baseball, Funny Motivational, Goals Dreams

  "His Films, His Way: Jim Jarmusch Is Still Figuring Out How to Do It". Interview with Marc Savlov, www.austinchronicle.com. October 20, 2000.

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• If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Teacher, Happy New Year

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• The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.

  Plato

  Graduation, Education, Appreciation

  Plato, Julius A. Sigler (1997). “Education: Ends and Means”, p.12, University Press of America

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• If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

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• The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Learning, Eulogy, Following Rules

  Man and Superman "Maxims for Revolutionists" (1903)

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• A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one single good action, for one single good poem, accomplishes more than he who fills our memory with rows and rows of natural objects, classified with name and form.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Wisdom, Teacher, Memories

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2016). “Elective Affinities”, p.175, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Trials, Soil, Made

  Spurgeon, Charles (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 2: Sermons 54-106”, p.233, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• A teacher's job is to take a bunch of live wires and see that they are well-grounded.

  Darwin D. Martin

  Education, Teacher, Jobs

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• True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Inspirational, Education, Teacher

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• The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm.

  Joyce Cary

  Inspirational, Education, Teacher

  Joyce Cary (1961). “Art and reality: ways of the creative process”

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