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"I do recognise that, where recruitment difficulties persist, teachers can be put under great pressure."
Estelle Morris
"I do recognise that, where recruitment difficulties persist, teachers can be put under great pressure."
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"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple."
Amos Bronson Alcott
"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple."
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"Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did."
Earl Butz
"Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did."
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"Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre."
Gail Godwin
"Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre."
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"Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain."
Fawn M. Brodie
"Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain."
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"I teach well. I used to really like teaching a lot. I enjoyed it a lot and I was good at it."
Art Garfunkel
"I teach well. I used to really like teaching a lot. I enjoyed it a lot and I was good at it."
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"You cannot teach a person anything, you can only help him find it within himself."
Osho
"You cannot teach a person anything, you can only help him find it within himself."
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"We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher."
William Glasser
"We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher."
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"What did I tell you about plastic ties? Only for humans, Julie murmured.If you don't listen to me, I can't teach you anything."
Ilona Andrews
"What did I tell you about plastic ties? Only for humans, Julie murmured.If you don't listen to me, I can't teach you anything."
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"I like teaching and the contact with young minds keeps one on one's toes."
Aaron Klug
"I like teaching and the contact with young minds keeps one on one's toes."
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"I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California."
Shelley Berman
"I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California."
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"More than anybody else I'd like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform."
Tony Bennett
"More than anybody else I'd like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform."
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"We shouldn't any of us be afraid of teaching protective measures to save lives."
Kyan Douglas
"We shouldn't any of us be afraid of teaching protective measures to save lives."
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"A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information....The key is the teacher."
Idries Shah
"A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information....The key is the teacher."
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"I'm a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom."
Rick Riordan
"I'm a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom."
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"The teacher should be like the conductor in the orchestra, not the trainer in the circus."
Abhijit Naskar
"The teacher should be like the conductor in the orchestra, not the trainer in the circus."
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"It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well."
Henri Frederic Amiel
"It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well."
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"A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences."
Amos Bronson Alcott
"A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences."
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"Teaching is the best way to learn. Never stop learning."
Debasish Mridha
"Teaching is the best way to learn. Never stop learning."
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"As long as my sixth graders showed an average improvement of five years, the principal and district pretty much left me alone to create my own curriculum and teach whatever I wanted."
Dan Simmons
"As long as my sixth graders showed an average improvement of five years, the principal and district pretty much left me alone to create my own curriculum and teach whatever I wanted."
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"To understand kingdom principles is to teach kingdom principles."
Sunday Adelaja
"To understand kingdom principles is to teach kingdom principles."
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"A father teaches his children that the battle is not determined by the enemy that stands around them, but by the God Who stands within them. And that lesson can only be driven home as they watch their father stand around them, while God stands within their father."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"A father teaches his children that the battle is not determined by the enemy that stands around them, but by the God Who stands within them. And that lesson can only be driven home as they watch their father stand around them, while God stands within their father."
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"Sufi Teachers are not, as you might hope, people who make you feel peace and harmony."
Idries Shah
"Sufi Teachers are not, as you might hope, people who make you feel peace and harmony."
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"As with any other specialisation, teaching is a vocation, open only to those who are truly capable of discharging its functions."
Idries Shah
"As with any other specialisation, teaching is a vocation, open only to those who are truly capable of discharging its functions."
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"Teach the people the Word before converting and baptizing them."
Sunday Adelaja
"Teach the people the Word before converting and baptizing them."
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"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."
Plato
"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."
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"If you are giving a graduate course you don't try to impress the students with oratory, you try to challenge them, get them to question you."
Noam Chomsky
"If you are giving a graduate course you don't try to impress the students with oratory, you try to challenge them, get them to question you."
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"The most important and uniquely glorious element of Buddha's character was that, he did not compel his pupils to be slaves either to his teachings or to himself, but like a conscientious human, demanded from his followers to accept his words not merely out of regard for him but after subjecting them to a thorough examination. And this is where Buddha stands out from the crowd of self-proclaimed prophets."
Abhijit Naskar
"The most important and uniquely glorious element of Buddha's character was that, he did not compel his pupils to be slaves either to his teachings or to himself, but like a conscientious human, demanded from his followers to accept his words not merely out of regard for him but after subjecting them to a thorough examination. And this is where Buddha stands out from the crowd of self-proclaimed prophets."
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"Right now, just speak gently your words of wisdom to the youngsters.Sooner or later, those words will arrive at the right place in their hearts."
Toba Beta
"Right now, just speak gently your words of wisdom to the youngsters.Sooner or later, those words will arrive at the right place in their hearts."
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"There is less teaching about sin, and very little warning of judgment."
Billy Graham
"There is less teaching about sin, and very little warning of judgment."
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"Teach a child not to seek help but to seek the opportunity to help others."
Debasish Mridha
"Teach a child not to seek help but to seek the opportunity to help others."
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"Never follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion."
Idries Shah
"Never follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion."
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"Better to teach a man to fish who already loves to fish."
Richie Norton
"Better to teach a man to fish who already loves to fish."
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"I will teach my son, that his desire to be great doesn't depend on those unfortunate enough to ignore their own."
Nikki Rowe
"I will teach my son, that his desire to be great doesn't depend on those unfortunate enough to ignore their own."
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"The gospel of becoming a good believer cripples believers."
Sunday Adelaja
"The gospel of becoming a good believer cripples believers."
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"Wise man can make people hearmore lessons than words spoken."
Toba Beta
"Wise man can make people hearmore lessons than words spoken."
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"You become a real teacher when your understanding of the wants and needs of the student results in the student revealing her inner beauty."
Debasish Mridha
"You become a real teacher when your understanding of the wants and needs of the student results in the student revealing her inner beauty."
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"The things we are been fed with on the pulpit determines how our people behave."
Sunday Adelaja
"The things we are been fed with on the pulpit determines how our people behave."
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"From today onward, you will learn how to become evangelical about the many ways you help people."
Chris Murray
"From today onward, you will learn how to become evangelical about the many ways you help people."
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"Our goal as believers is to teach people to observe the principles of God."
Sunday Adelaja
"Our goal as believers is to teach people to observe the principles of God."
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"Teaching is the most powerful force that changes our world one student at a time."
Debasish Mridha
"Teaching is the most powerful force that changes our world one student at a time."
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"Children have their own kind of power. When you're teaching them, protecting them, you are more than you thought you could be. More understanding, more patient, more capable, more wise."
Jim Butcher
"Children have their own kind of power. When you're teaching them, protecting them, you are more than you thought you could be. More understanding, more patient, more capable, more wise."
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"To teach you need books, to educate you need heart."
Vikrmn
"To teach you need books, to educate you need heart."
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"Teach a child to love his world deeply so that he may find the beauty and joy of life."
Debasish Mridha
"Teach a child to love his world deeply so that he may find the beauty and joy of life."
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"TeachingOne hour's teaching is better than a whole night of prayer."
Idries Shah
"TeachingOne hour's teaching is better than a whole night of prayer."
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"The principles of spiritual kingdom has been packaged in the written word of God."
Sunday Adelaja
"The principles of spiritual kingdom has been packaged in the written word of God."
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"I have been given the rare opportunity to teach Jiu Jitsu for a living. This is a privilege that I wake up everyday grateful for, and a responsibility that I hold dearly. I understand how rare it is to be employed through a labor you genuinely love, and one which can be used as a vehicle for positive change in the lives of others. Even rarer still, I am often reminded of the quality of Jiu Jitsu I have learned, and the opportunity to have learned it."
Chris Matakas
"I have been given the rare opportunity to teach Jiu Jitsu for a living. This is a privilege that I wake up everyday grateful for, and a responsibility that I hold dearly. I understand how rare it is to be employed through a labor you genuinely love, and one which can be used as a vehicle for positive change in the lives of others. Even rarer still, I am often reminded of the quality of Jiu Jitsu I have learned, and the opportunity to have learned it."
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"The Seeking of the Master. Musa Najib was asked why he charged a fee from those who came to his sessions; and why he often did not even address his audience. He said: 'I charge for this object lesson: people believe that knowledge must be given freely, and consequently mistake everything which is free for knowledge. I do not always lecture because, among Sufis, "The Master finds the pupil. The pupil has to be physically present: but he may be absent in every other sense. When I discern that a pupil is "present then I "find him, for then his inner call is audible to me, even if it is silent to him.' 'Seek and you will be found."
Idries Shah
"The Seeking of the Master. Musa Najib was asked why he charged a fee from those who came to his sessions; and why he often did not even address his audience. He said: 'I charge for this object lesson: people believe that knowledge must be given freely, and consequently mistake everything which is free for knowledge. I do not always lecture because, among Sufis, "The Master finds the pupil. The pupil has to be physically present: but he may be absent in every other sense. When I discern that a pupil is "present then I "find him, for then his inner call is audible to me, even if it is silent to him.' 'Seek and you will be found."
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"Bhikkhus, the teaching is merely a vehicle to describe the truth. Don't mistake it for the truth itself. A finger pointing at the moon is notthe moon. The finger is needed to know where to look for the moon, but if you mistake the finger for the moon itself, you will never knowthe real moon.The teaching is like a raft that carries you to the other shore. The raft is needed, but the raft is not the other shore. An intelligent personwould not carry the raft around on his head after making it across to the other shore. Bhikkhus, my teaching is the raft which can help youcross to the other shore beyond birth and death. Use the raft to cross to the other shore, but don't hang onto it as your property. Do notbecome caught in the teaching. You must be able to let it go."
Thich Nhat Hanh
"Bhikkhus, the teaching is merely a vehicle to describe the truth. Don't mistake it for the truth itself. A finger pointing at the moon is notthe moon. The finger is needed to know where to look for the moon, but if you mistake the finger for the moon itself, you will never knowthe real moon.The teaching is like a raft that carries you to the other shore. The raft is needed, but the raft is not the other shore. An intelligent personwould not carry the raft around on his head after making it across to the other shore. Bhikkhus, my teaching is the raft which can help youcross to the other shore beyond birth and death. Use the raft to cross to the other shore, but don't hang onto it as your property. Do notbecome caught in the teaching. You must be able to let it go."
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"My mother wasn't a fool," I say. "She just understood something you didn't. That it's not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it's just evil."I back up another step and say, "She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love, not misplaced disgust for another person's genetics. That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don't have enough of their own. ..."
Veronica Roth
"My mother wasn't a fool," I say. "She just understood something you didn't. That it's not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it's just evil."I back up another step and say, "She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love, not misplaced disgust for another person's genetics. That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don't have enough of their own. ..."
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