#teachers

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. ↗

— Charles W. Eliot

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Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges. ↗

— Joyce Meyer

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As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher. ↗

— Bill Moyers

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Teachers tell me that they'd like to work more closely with parents. ↗

— Jim Knight

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I was running to catch a train when one of my teachers saw me. He thought I was fast, time me, and later gave me my first instructions in sprinting. I happened to be at the right place at the right time. ↗

— Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz

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We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children. ↗

— John Sculley

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The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to. ↗

— Andrew Shue

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My teachers helped guide and motivate me; but the responsibility of learning was left with me, an approach to learning which was later reinforced by my experiences at Amherst. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

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Shooting up a school won’t help angry kids get the love and good grades they need. Only seducing teachers and blackmailing them can do that. ↗

— Bauvard

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The effects you will have on your students are infinite and currently unknown; you will possibly shape the way they proceed in their careers, the way they will vote, the way they will behave as partners and spouses, the way they will raise their kids. ↗

— Donna Quesada

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