2,279 Quotes About Teaching

The study of history should be a mind-altering encounter that leaves one forever unable to consider the social world without asking questions about where a claim comes from, who’s making it, and how time and place shape human behavior.

It's very hard to teach anything to a young man who knows everything.

Teaching holds a mirror to the soul. If I am willing to look in that mirror and not run from what I see I have a chance to gain self knowledge and knowing myself is as crucial to good teaching as knowing my students and my subject. In fact, knowing my students and my subject depends heavily on self knowledge.

If we can recognize what makes us unique and how we can positively impact our students, then we can make teaching much more meaningful and learning much more rewarding—essentially, a transformative experience for our students.

I'd be a teacher if there was something to teach. I'd be a student if there was something to learn.

If we can recognize what makes us unique, and how we can positively impact our students, then we can make teaching much more meaningful and learning much more rewarding—essentially, a transformative experience for our students.

There is no doubt that great teaching and great teachers have a significant impact on students and their long-term association with school and with learning.

The only way to live in peace with ignorant people is to be ignorant yourself, otherwise they will always misunderstand your kindness for wickedness, teachings for insults, good plans for evil plans, encouragement for discouragement.They will always fight you for nothing.

The teacher should be like the conductor in the orchestra, not the trainer in the circus.