“There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.”
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“I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.”
“What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.”
“A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.”
“The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought.”
“The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.”
“The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.”
“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.”
“The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.”
“I'm glad I was a teacher.”
“He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.”
“The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.”
“It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.”
“I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the second teacher didn't really know how to successfully get me going.”
“Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.”
“A few years back, when my style was 'punk grandma,' I picked up an amazing pair of sandals - orthopaedic ones, with really thick soles. I've given them away to a friend now, because these days my look is more '1980s substitute teacher gone wild.'”
“If you love dance and you have the gift of teaching, teaching is super amazing and important because my teachers planted that seed in me. As a teacher you understand the difference or the definition of a Baryshnikov or a Gregory Hines, so teaching is really important and very necessary.”
“I had one drama teacher who was amazing, Ms. Perkins. She really tried to inspire me and get me going.”
“Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”
“Your best teacher is your last mistake.”
“The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.”
“Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.”
“My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.”
“In America the schools have become too permissive, the kids now are controlling the schools, the tail is wagging the dog. We've got to make a change there and get it back to where the teachers have control of the classrooms.”