Entrepreneurship is all about learning by doing. But sometimes, it’s helpful to get a little insight from those who have come before you. That’s where these teaching quotes compilation comes in. From the wisdom of successful entrepreneurs themselves, you can learn what it takes to be successful and find inspiration to keep going when things get tough. So whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been in the game for a while, take a look at these quotes and see if they help shift your thinking in any way.

The best teaching quotes

1. All of us have to do a better job of teaching young people not to let themselves be defined by the words other people use against them. — William J. Clinton

2. I can’t count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it. — Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

3. History is Philosophy teaching by example. — Thucydides

4. Learn from your failure’s — do not prevent misfortune from teaching you.

5. Friends, you like it or not, life has a way of teaching us all these tough lessons. — Sunday Adelaja

6. For years, the church has emphasized evangelism, teaching, fellowship, missions, and service to society to the neglect of the very source of its power––worship. — Robert E. Webber

7. I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic. — Shelley Berman

8. No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark. — Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

9. Want to know the best thing about teaching? Seeing that moment when a kid discovers his or her gift. There’s no feeling on earth like it. — Stephen King

10. Public schools teaching students to hate America as the left appeases Muslims with ‘religious literacy training. — Rush Limbaugh

11. Gotta start teaching the children that they can be just what they want to be, there’s much more to life than poverty. — Tupac Shakur

12. Life without Gratitude, is like trying to drown your sorrows by teaching them to swim. — Raymond D. Longoria Jr.

13. Life was teaching me that progress and change happen slowly. — Michelle Obama

14. When we introduce new technologies into our classrooms we are teaching our students twice. — Michael Joseph Brown

15. Dedicate your life to delivering people and teaching them the ways of Christ — Sunday Adelaja

16. The word ecology is derived from the Greek oikos, the word for home. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

17. Teaching the guitar is a constant source of inspiration. I sometimes think I get more out of the lessons than my students. — Paul Gilbert

18. The most permanent lessons in morals are those which come, not of book teaching, but of experience. — Mark Twain

19. The issue on which everything hangs is not whether you like His teaching but if He ‪rose from the dead. — Timothy Keller

20. You have heretofore found out, by my teachings, that man is a fool; you are now aware that woman is a damned fool. — Mark Twain

21. The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I’m an absorber of things. — Yotam Ottolenghi

22. I get scared to death when I see people who say they’ve found Jesus Christ, and they’re out there, and I wonder, who’s teaching them? Who’s mentoring them? — Willie Aames

23. Teaching is as sacred as priesthood. if one has not the concern for humanity, the love of living creatures, the vision of the priest and artist, he must not teach. — Pearl Buck

24. I don’t do a lot of top–down teaching. — Parker J. Palmer

25. Let your teaching reveal the nature of the kingdom of God — Sunday Adelaja

26. Since belief determines behavior, doesn’t it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America? — Zig Ziglar

27. An essential part of teachingis to show how to enjoy learning. — Phil Mitchell, A Bright New Morning: An American Story

28. Sitting meditation begins with good posture. — Pema Chödrön, Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion

29. Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading. — Tertullian

30. A hallucination is a species of reality, as capable of teaching you as a videotape about Kilimanjaro or anything else that falls through your life. — Terence McKenna

31. I get scared to death when I see people who say they’ve found Jesus Christ, and they’re out there, and I wonder, who’s teaching them? Who’s mentoring them? — Willie Aames

32. People are talking high of Thiruvalluvar. But in practice they do not respect his teachings. They act against him and disregard him. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

33. Teaching is hard. It takes years to master the technically demanding work and a lot of effort to do that work well. — Michael Bennet

34. I want to keep coaching as long as I can. I love teaching and working with student athletes and I love being at the University of Tennessee. — Pat Summitt

35. The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message. — Ziggy Marley

36. It’s not the teaching, it’s the learning. — Sly Stone

37. That kind of peer learning, that peer teaching, that peer evaluation, and then administration of insight. — Michael Eric Dyson

38. I believe in teaching, but I don’t believe in going to school. — Robert Frost

39. Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself. — Paulo Coelho

40. An essential part of teachingis to show how to enjoy learning. — Phil Mitchell, A Bright New Morning: An American Story

41. As a Jew, I had no desire to challenge my childhood prejudice. But as a teacher, I could not do otherwise. — Sondra Perl, On Austrian Soil: Teaching Those I Was Taught to Hate

42. Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong. — Ricky Martin

43. The mind quickly responds to teaching and discipline. You can make the mind give you back anything you want. — Norman Vincent Peale

44. I had great friends, support and teaching at Wake Forest. — Tim Duncan

45. Teaching kids is like a 5 year old box of chocolates: You never know what you’re gonna get, but you can bet your ass it ain’t gonna be good. — Zany Madcap

46. The only thing I’ve ever been interested in teaching anyone in life is cricket. — Peter O

47. We are supposed to enjoy the good stuff now, while we can, with the people we love. Life has a funny way of teaching us that lesson over and over again. — Sheena Easton

48. One of the most confusing issues in channeling is that of accuracy. — Shepherd Hoodwin, The Journey of Your Soul: A Channel Explores Channeling and the Michael Teachings

49. My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

50. The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message. — Ziggy Marley

Conclusion

As teachers, we have the power to inspire and create a brighter future for our students. We should never underestimate the impact we can have on a child’s life. “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King. Teaching is a rewarding profession, and these quotes remind us of the importance of the work we do.