Quotes About Patience

A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.

Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.

Don't try to become a teacher overnight with psychological bookkeeping in your heart and educational theory in your head.

Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.

The best teachers have shown me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly - we only think it does.

Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

And in today already walks tomorrow.

Age doesn't matter, unless you are cheese.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

Life is like a great teacher..... she will repeat the lesson until you learn.

Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a skilled artisan with sovereign control of his craft.

Don't set your wit against a child.

Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care.

These days, teachers have it rough. Kids can be hyperactive, disobedient, and obnoxious. It must feel like being locked in a room of drunk midgets.

The enemy is a very good teacher.

Your enemy can be your greatest teacher.

Injuries are our best teachers.

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

If there is a chronic infirmity by which every teacher ought to be afflicted, it is, indeed, hope.

One can think effectively only when one is willing to endure suspense and to undergo the trouble of searching.

When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know.

Eventually light prevails, you just have to be patient. So practice Buddhism, learn to be enlightened, put a smile on your face, go find a great teacher, meditate, and stay funny.

Difficult people are the greatest teachers.