2,279 Quotes About Teaching

Great teachers have high expectations for their students, but higher expectations for themselves.

Imagine, a 32-year-old youngster teaching an 80-year-old something. Do I want him to come to the Giants? Yes, I want him. I want him to be our manager.

The first duty of a lecturer is to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantelpiece forever.

When I did Inherit the Wind, I learned about teaching school. I also found out what a fundamentalist was.

A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.

Old teachers never die, they just grade away.

In government institutions and in teaching, you need to inspire confidence. To achieve credibility, you have to very clearly explain what you are doing and why. The same principles apply to businesses.

The world cannot afford to lose the talents of half it's people if we are to solve the many problems that beset us.

We must believe in ourselves as no one else will believe in us, we must match our expectations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.