Teacher Quotes
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The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.
Lao Tzu
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Jesus was the first great teacher of men who showed a genuine sympathy for childhood. When He said "Of such is the kingdom of heaven," it was a revelation.
Edward Eggleston
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I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework
Lily Tomlin
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I wanted to write at school - to write funny stories which the teacher might ask me to read out to the class. It's all basically about showing off.
Mark Billingham
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I didn't go to university, and so, every time that I work, I'm looking for a teacher in a way. I'm looking for people that I can learn from and to have the chance to work with people that I admire.
Diego Luna
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Americans always ask how much I love my accent, and I don't get that - I think I sound like a school teacher.
Freddie Stroma
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Because of the way our society is structures, using sentences such as "I don't it" can put people at a disadvantage. And this is, of course, why teachers have to give students access to Standard English, in order to protect them against this sort of prejudice.
Kate Burridge
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I have had a singing teacher in L.A. for many, many years just to work on my voice as an actor.
Pierce Brosnan
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A new yogi doesn't handstand on their first try, and a new teacher doesn't start out as a headliner. Be patient, and trust it's all going to add up and unfold in due time.
Kathryn Budig
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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation. They are teachers and coaches. They are mentors and role models. They are examples of success and the men who constantly push us toward it.
Barack Obama
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I come from a long line of matriarchal women, and my greatest teachers were my mothers.
Erykah Badu
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I have decided not to give interviews and not to hold conversations with journalists who deal with the political activity of my wife rather than my activity as university teacher and researcher.
Joachim Sauer
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It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
William James
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I think more and more respect has been accorded to teachers, and quite rightly so.
Michael Gove
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I know what you are known as . . . but to me, you will always be Tom Riddle. It is one of the irritating things about old teachers. I am afraid that they never quite forget their charges’ youthful beginnings.
Joanne Rowling
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I always make the point that teachers are people too, and that they don't just want to be in front of kids all day and have children be their only feedback loop.
Dana Goldstein
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Professor Kettleburn, our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, retired at the end of last year in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs.
Joanne Rowling
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Who am I? I'm a man, an American, a father, a teacher, but most of all, I am a person who knows how the arts can change lives, because they transformed mine. I was a dancer.
Jacques d'Amboise
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I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Dear God I've heard your name from teachers, family and friends, you made the universe and so will live on when it ends. Everyone I know admits they've never seen your face, they're not sure where you live and have no map to the place.
Dawud Wharnsby Ali
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Malala is a brave and gentle advocate of peace who through the simple act of going to school became a global teacher. She said one pen can change the world - and proved how one young woman can lead the way.
Ban Ki-moon
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I started to learn Greek when I was in high school, the last year of high school, by accident, because my teacher knew Greek and she offered to teach me on the lunch hour, so we did it in an informal way, and then I did it at university, and that was the main thing of my life.
Anne Carson
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In the school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of gravity and he threw the teacher out of the window.
Jack Roy
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Devotion means constantly thinking about God or your teacher. It is like always thinking about your beloved.
Choa Kok Sui