Quotes about Teaching

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

There is and always has been the Church, and various heresies proceeding from a rejection of some of the Church's doctrines by men who still desire to retain the rest of her teaching and morals.

'Discipleship' as a term has lost its content, and this is one reason why it has been moved aside. I've tried to redeem the idea of discipleship, and I think it can be done; you have to get it out of the contemporary mode.

What sometimes goes on in all sorts of Christian institutions is not formation of people in the character of Christ; it's teaching of outward conformity. You don't get in trouble for not having the character of Christ, but you do if you don't obey the laws.

I have found that the more I teach those who want to learn, the more I learn.

You are required to believe, to preach, and to teach what the Bible says is true, not what you want the Bible to say is true.

Any man can learn anything he will, but no man can teach except to those who want to learn.

The lips of the righteous teach many, but fools die for want of wisdom.

Your best servant is the person who does not attend so much to hearing what he himself wants as to willing what he has heard from you.

I loved to teach, I loved my students, but I wanted to find a community. I prayed: "Lord, show me where you want me to go. I will go wanted wherever you call me - but please be clear."

When fathers come home after a tough day at work, they should come home to serve, like my father did, teaching lessons around the dinner table and leading the family in worship and prayer.