Quotes about teach
teaching men thinking
The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself. William Godwin
teacher fall government
As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of government will educate and infect us all. They poison our minds, before we can resist, or so much as suspect their malignity. Like the barbarous directors of the Eastern seraglios, they deprive us of our vitality, and fit us for their despicable employment from the cradle.
teaching men thinking
The proper method for hastening the decay of error, is not, by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force, to endeavour to reduce men to intellectual uniformity; but on the contrary by teaching every man to think for himself.
teacher sin
The sins of teachers are the teachers of sin. William Gurnall
teaching doctrine theology
Theology is the doctrine or teaching of living to God. William Ames
teacher learning understanding
Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding. William Arthur Ward
teacher inspire great-teacher
A good teacher explains, while a great teacher inspires
teacher inspire great-music
A mediocre music teacher tells. A good music teacher explains. A superior music teacher demonstrates. A great music teacher inspires.
teacher accomplishment challenges
Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience.
teacher teaching learning
Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change.
teacher matter
I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is. Warren Zevon
teaching artist age
The artist must be blind to distinction between 'recognized' or 'unrecognized' conventions of form, deaf to the transitory teaching and demands of his particular age. Wassily Kandinsky
teacher children father
A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God? Stephen Colbert
teacher children cutting
If we don't cut expensive things like Head Start, child nutrition programs, and teachers, what sort of future are we leaving for our children?
teacher school kids
I taught myself to read music at a very young age, so when I started to take lessons in school, the teachers used to give me other instruments to keep me busy, because I was more advanced than the other kids. Stefon Harris
teacher real character
When an acting teacher tells a student 'that wasn't honest work' or 'that didn't seem real,' what does this mean? In life, we are rarely 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. And characters in plays are almost never 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. What exactly do teachers even mean by these words? A more useful question is: What is the story the actor was telling in their work? An actor is always telling a story. We all are telling stories, all the time. Story: that is what it is all about. Stella Adler
teacher self envy
I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much of it others already knew. The agenda for self-cultivation that had been set for my classmates by their teachers and parents was something I'd have to develop for myself. Sonia Sotomayor
teacher party shy
Don't be shy about making a teacher of any willing party who knows what he or she is doing.
teacher rewards great-teacher
Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.
teacher book reading
There was one moment, and it happened in school. I had a big final exam--we were supposed to write a 20-page report on this book about Houdini [Harry Houdini]. I probably would have loved reading it, but I didn't, so I just decided to make a little super-8 movie based on it. I tied myself to the railroad tracks and all that. I mean, this is kid stuff, but it impressed the teacher, and I got an A. And that was maybe my first turning point, when I said, 'Yeah, I wouldn't mind being a filmmaker.' Tim Burton
teaching giving water
Many are needed to plant and water what has been planted now that the faith has spread so far and there are so many people... No matter who plants or waters, God gives no harvest unless what is planted is the faith of Peter and unless he agrees to his teachings. Thomas Becket
teacher definitions poetry-is
My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand. Thom Gunn
teacher gay proud
It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change!
teacher teaching pride
When I first started teaching at Berkeley in 1958, I could not announce that I was gay to anybody, though probably quite a few of my fellow teachers knew.
teacher mistake failure
It is a common mistake to think of failure as the enemy of success. Failure is a teacher-a harsh one, but the best. Pull your failures to pieces looking for the reason. Put your failure to work for you. Thomas J. Watson
teacher harsh
Failure is a teacher; a harsh one, but the best.
teaching fate doe
The fate of the worm refutes the pretended ethical teaching of the proverb, which assumes to illustrate the advantage of early rising and does so by showing how extremely dangerous it is. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
teacher new-york father
I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character. Vin Diesel
teacher son acting
I grew up the son of an acting teacher but I've never been really good at articulating what that process is. It was always a bit more internal.
teacher golf player
Golf is about knowledge, and studying another player - more than listening to a teacher - is the best way to get it. Vijay Singh
teaching essence numbers
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. Vidal Sassoon
teacher thinking atmosphere
I suppose a good director is like a teacher. I think that someone like David Cronenberg was very much like a teacher, because there's an openness, but a certain set of rules of behavior, and a certain conduct expected. But there's an atmosphere that's relaxed and conducive to exploration, and that is created by someone like Cronenberg. Viggo Mortensen
teacher views people
When people say that entertainers should "know your place," they might as well say the same thing about plumbers and teachers and cab drivers. We all should be able to express our views.