Teacher
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My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.
Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
The funniest memory that I can recall about my school days has to be one incident that involved unfinished homework for numerous days. I didn't do any of my homework for days and days at a stretch, and kept stalling my teacher that I was extremely unwell and was under heavy medication.
A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.
Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture.
A good teacher who can take the zero pay and help kids develop physically, emotionally, socially, is literally an angel.
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.
When people say, you know, 'Good teacher', 'Prophet', 'Really nice guy'... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself. So you're left with a challenge in that, which is either Jesus was who he said he was or a complete and utter nut case. You have to make a choice on that.
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself — whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. — because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.
Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything — even mountains, rivers, plants and trees — should be your teacher.
I worked in theater my whole life. My mom was a drama teacher at my middle school. In high school, I was Drama Club President every year, and then I auditioned for conservatory acting programs.
Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.
Experience is the teacher of all things.
I was performing at a New Jersey high school, and I asked a class of 2,000 students, 'How many of you love mathematics?' and only one hand went up. And that was the hand of the maths teacher!