Quotes About Teaching

People seek a tutor who has already educated one pupil. This is too much; one man can only educate one pupil; if two were essential to success, what right would he have to undertake the first?

Teaching is a calling too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy - angels leading their flocks out of the darkness.

Dad kept telling me that he loved me, that he never would have let me drown, but you can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.

Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.

I never met a kid I couldn't teach. Every kid was good at something, and the trick was to find out what it was, then use it to teach him everything else. It was good work, the kind of work that let you sleep soundly at night and, when you awoke, look forward to the next day.

She paused for a moment. "Teaching is a calling, too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy—angels leading their flocks out of the darkness.

She also told me that teachers don't know everything, but as long as they stay a step ahead of the students, the students think they do.

I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly talented performers were generous enough in teaching me.

The people that were socially awkward from my generation, they all had paper routes and that taught them the discipline of work.

Association with my pupils has kept me young in my work. Criticism of their work has kept my own point of view clear.

I love my kids so much. They teach me something every day. It always brings richness to my work, and even more in life. I feel lucky to be able to do both.

I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge.

Jesus modeled a purpose-driven life, and he taught others how to live it, too. That was the "work" that brought glory to God.

If someone were to ask me, 'What's the number one thing, in essence, that you left behind?'... it was the teaching of others, so that they could take my work and take it further.

It is part of the work of education to have substantive relationships with your students.

I'd like to work with kids in special education - younger kids.

Writing teaches writing. Your writing will teach you how to write if you work hard enough and have enough faith.

I look for the ability to work. Directing is hard work. They don't teach you that in film school. Critics are not aware of it, but it is hard, physical work.

What is the work of a Master?" said a solemn-faced visitor. "To teach people to laugh ," said the Master gravely.

I take care to only teach courses about fiction film. I believe that this balances and broadens my documentary work.

But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it.

There's an intuition learned through our work. Teaching others doesn't mean they can just go out and replicate it.

Clearly the work of a master teacher who has deep knowledge of his subject and enormous empathy for his students and his readers.

I do different work, teaching and running around visiting universities and bookstores, and that prevents me from writing. But it's nice to be wanted as a writer.