You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.

Jesus isn't lettin' you off the hook. The Scriptures don't let you off the hook so easily... When people say, you know, 'Good teacher', 'Prophet', 'Really nice guy' ... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.

I was a chemistry major, but I'm always winding up as a teacher in english departments, so I've brought scientific thinking to literature. There's been very little gratitude for this.

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.

The best teacher is experience and not through someone's distorted point of view.