Quotes About Encouragement

The ideal teacher guides his students but does not pull them along; he urges them to go forward and does not suppress them; he opens the way but does not take them to the place.

I'm a teacher, a motivator. That's what I do. And I'm a protector on top of that.

Your role as a leader is even more important than you might imagine. You have the power to help people become winners.

I know what it's like to be told by your teacher that you'll never amount to anything.

Some kids, for some reason, it just doesn't click in the classroom as they need it to. We have college coaches talk to them, former high school athletes, motivational speakers, teachers, principals.

Teachers started recognizing me and praising me for being smart in science and that made me want to be even smarter in science!

My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing.

Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.

A good teacher explains, while a great teacher inspires

Teachers have to respect the privacy of students' creative life, but at the same time give them a chance to express themselves.

When we are young, parents and teachers tell us we can do anything and become whatever we want. But as we grow older, these same people tell us we must be more realistic.

One of the marks of a great teacher lies not only in an ability to impart knowledge but also in knowing when to encourage a student to go off on his own.

Words of encouragement, a little respect, simple gestures of kindness from a teacher promote the perfect climate for studetns to study, learn, and grow.

Teaching is of more importance than urging.

I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student.

The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate to them, but to give additional force to their well-meant endeavours, and raise them to public esteem.

My parents were very traditional Nigerians who wanted doctor, lawyer, teacher [children], but when I actually had a dream and I presented the dream to them, they were 100 percent supportive.

If it wasn't for my drama teacher, I wouldn't be here right now.

The messages our kids receive from teachers, coaches--and even, with the best intentions, from us - can push them toward pride or despair...toward self-righteousness or self-hatred.

My mom is a gym teacher, and shes not musically inclined, but she always wanted to help me out with music as best she could.

I had acting teachers, and one of the things that was encouraged was to keep it fresh, to be spontaneous. That's the magic of film often.

A teacher should, above all things, first induce a desire in the pupil for the acquisition he wishes to impart.

Anybody who puts a book into someone else's hands inspires me - teachers, librarians, booksellers, parents.

It was my fifth grade teacher who introduced the idea that writing could be more than a hobby for me.