Quotes About Progress

I'm committed to working with teachers.

A true disciple shows his appreciation by reaching further than his teacher.

Before any great things are accomplished, a memorable change must be made in the system of education...to raise the lower ranks of society nearer to the higher.

If you read the biography of any great man, you will always notice two things: His mother's contribution in his progress and his teacher's contribution in his growth and development.

Failure is a teacher; a harsh one, but the best.

A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas surround the world's ignorance and press for admission.

(I was) my own teacher and pupil, and thanks to the efforts of both, they were not discontented with each other.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity.

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

Any genuine teaching will result, if successful, in someone's knowing how to bring about a better condition of things than existed earlier.

If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.

Year after year students tumble along like the waters of a river. They flow away, and only the teacher is left behind, like some deeply buried rock at the bottom of the current.

...it is the greatest achievement of a teacher to enable his students to surpass him.

I learned to shoot more accurately because my teachers held the targets.

I have a principle I often invoke in class: comfortable people don't grow. Good teachers need to engage in the paradox of making students feel comfortable and uncomfortable in equal measure.

You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.

Although everyone wants to change the teacher, it's time for the agents of educational reform to change themselves.

God knew we would make mistakes. Life is all about mistakes. It is constant change and growth. Our greatest challenges in life will one day be known to us as our greatest teachers.

The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings

Experience is the best teacher.

Success is a lousy teacher. It makes you think you know what you're doing.

When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, "Not to unlearn what you have learned!"

The more advanced the teacher, the better for you. The fifth degree black belt is so expert that they will understand that you're a beginner and throw you perfectly so that no harm will befall you.

I remember turning in my first assignment in elementary school using the computer and the teachers were kind of confused that I had printed it.