A Look At Learning And Teaching

The following are twelve quotes from famous people about learning and teaching that hopefully will inspire us as Christians to become more passionate in teaching others so they might learn about the saving gospel of Christ (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; 2 Timothy 2:1-2):

  • Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way.” — George Evans
  • “Do not train children to learning by force and 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
  • “A word as to the education of the heart. We don’t believe that this can be imparted through books; it can only be imparted through the loving touch of the teacher.” — Cesar Chavez
  • “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” — Albert Einstein
  • “Education is the best provision for old age. ” — Aristotle
  • “Teaching is not a profession; it’s a passion.” — Unknown Author
  • “A teacher effects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” — Henry Adams
  • “Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.” — Confucius
  • “Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.” — Abraham Lincoln
  • “You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.” — Clay P. Bedford
  • “In an effective classroom, students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how.” — Harry Wong
  • “Most teachers waste their time by asking questions which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know whereas the true art of questioning has for its purpose to discover what the pupil knows or is capable of knowing.” — Albert Einstein

There are other quotes here.

 Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets

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