2,279 Quotes About Teaching

Turning against the church I also had to turn against a lot of the teachings of people in my family who were very much of the church and caught in it, and every time I turned to find where resides the good in the church, all I saw was the demonic, the Lucifer of the journey.

Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of the score with which they are endowed. A man is educated who knows how to make a tool of every faculty, how to open it, how to keep it sharp, and how to apply it to all practical purposes.

Precise knowledge is the only true knowledge, and he who does not teach exactly, does not teach at all.

It's okay," he informs me. "Your grandfather is teaching me how to play poker." If I know Grandad, that means what he'll really be teaching Sam is how to cheat.

Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained.

It is the grandeur of Christ's character which constitutes the chief power of His ministry, not His miracles or teachings apart from His character. The greatest triumph of the Gospel is Christ Himself--a human body become the organ of the Divine nature, and revealing, under the conditions of an earthly life, the glory of God.

I hope to continue writing. I hope to continue teaching.

The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.

We carry with us habits of thought and taste fostered in some nearly forgotten classroom by a certain teacher.