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Teaching Quotes

On the calling and challenge of teaching.

These teaching quotes range from a heartfelt love of the classroom to a challenge to consider what all television quietly teaches its audience. See our Education quotes for more.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Quotes by William Glasser

I didn't see many films until I was in college teaching.

Quotes by Wes Craven

Teaching civility is an obligation of the family.

Quotes by Stephen Carter

It's not the teaching, it's the learning.

Quotes by Sly Stone

Education Quotes

Fathers should start teaching the boys how to punch.

Quotes by Scott Thompson

Teaching is so solid and reliable, comedy is not.

Quotes by Romesh Ranganathan

Also, while I was at Yale, I had a job teaching kids at the museum.

Quotes by Robert T. Bakker

There is no teaching to compare with example.

Quotes by Robert Powell

I had been teaching myself photography.

Quotes by Ree Drummond

Emotion Quotes

We have the Troops to Teachers program, which encourages retired military individuals to go into teaching.

Quotes by Ralph Regula

I enjoy teaching football.

Quotes by Peyton Manning

I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.

Quotes by Oscar Robertson

I never responded to teaching.

Quotes by Orlando Bloom

Teaching is in my bones. I love to teach.

Quotes by Norman Finkelstein

Guidance Quotes

All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?

Quotes by Nicholas Johnson

I've always kept a journal and brought storytelling into my teaching.

Quotes by Maya Soetoro-Ng

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

Quotes by Mark Van Doren

I love teaching the younger skaters.

Quotes by Kaetlyn Osmond

The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward.

Quotes by John Knowles

Identity Quotes

I think we've got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms.

Quotes by John Engler

Frequently Asked Questions

What perspectives on teaching appear here?
The samples include a personal love of teaching, a claim that effective teaching is uniquely hard, and a broader question about what television teaches viewers.
Is classroom teaching directly discussed?
Yes, one quote states plainly that teaching is deeply personal, describing it as something the speaker was always meant to do.
Does the topic connect teaching to film?
One quote recalls not watching many films until spending time in college as a teacher, tying teaching to a delayed interest in cinema.
Is media literacy touched on here?
Yes, one quote challenges readers to consider what all television is really teaching its audience, beyond formal education.
How does this topic relate to guidance more broadly?
For related themes on instruction and direction, see our Guidance quotes alongside this collection.

One line reflects on discovering film only after years spent teaching in college. Pair this with our Guidance and Identity quotes for related themes.