- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teacher Quotes
On teaching, mentorship, and lasting impact.
Alongside a personal memory of teaching mythology in college, several quotes cite research on how a single effective teacher changes a student's odds of finishing school. For lighter material, see Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Good Teacher
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher can do is set a context, raise questions or enter into a kind of a dialogic relationship with their students.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, a lot of what makes a good actor is not what a teacher tells you to do but how you respond when you're on your own.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scripture has always been a part of my life. My dad was a pastor. My mother was a speaker, writer, and teacher. I memorized Scripture from the time I was little.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Please stop teaching my children that everyone gets a trophy just for participating. What is this, the Nobel Prize? Not everybody gets a trophy.
- Ride
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- Nov 07, 2020
He was very commanding, and you had to know what you were doing to work for Mr. Rogers. I learned how to ride very quickly with him as my riding teacher.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be able to look my daughter's teacher in the eye and say, 'Your pension will be there.' I need to know that her pension will match up with a promise we can keep.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I eat tons, three full meals a day, and I never go to the gym. When I was a child, my geography teacher said, 'You may be slim now but if you carry on eating like that, you'll end up being really fat.' Fortunately, I really don't think I've changed much in the past two decades, so that teacher was an idiot.
- Appeared
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started elocution lessons because I was being teased, and I had a brilliant drama teacher. At the age of 14, I appeared at the National Theatre in 'The Crucible.'
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020
A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.
- Possible
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.
- Forgiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied with a blind teacher from about 5 until I was 16, at two different schools. From the age of 12 until 16, I was in a boarding school-which, I believe, at that time was compulsory for blind children.
- Age
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- Nov 07, 2020