Quotes About Learning

My parents were teachers and they went out of their way to see to it that I had books. We grew up in a home that was full of books. And so I learned to read. I loved to read.

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow traveler of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead - ahead of myself as well as you.

Every great leader is a great teacher, and the greatest leaders seize every opportunity to teach well.

The best teachers are the best storytellers.

Teachers and learners are correlates, one of which was never intended to be without the other.

Experience is the great teacher; unfortunately, experience leaves mental scars, and scar tissue contracts.

I accept relationship as my primary teacher about myself, other people, and the mysteries of the universe.

Don't set your wit against a child.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and that the true teacher is a learner.

Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson.

There's an assumption that schools are for students' learning. Well, why aren't they just as much for teachers' learning?

In criticizing, the teacher is hoping to teach. That's all.

What did you learn in school that you still use today? Go ahead teachers, tell me. What? Fear, conformity, don't question authority.

Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn fast.

Celebrate every relationship you've ever had. For better or worse, your relationships are your best teachers.

You don't have to think too hard when you talk to teachers.

Yesterday should be the teacher of today.

Children who die young are some of our greatest teachers. We are allowed to die when we have taught what we came to teach and when we have learned what we came to learn.

The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it. Like influenza, you can give it away without losing any of it yourself.

The basic idea behind teaching is to teach people what they need to know.

A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories.

Film is the greatest teacher because it teaches not only through the brain but through the whole body

Schools should look behind classroom doors and determine the factors that contribute to the kinds of interactions between teachers and students that promote student achievement.

Rosalyn Bruyere has been one of the most important teachers of hands-on healing in the world for many years. I will always be grateful for what I have learned from her.