S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Student: What should someone who follows his leader but is much smarter than that leader do, master? Master: Let me correct this mistake first, a person who is smarter than his leader but still follows his leader is definitely not smart! If you're following someone less smart than you, you're stupid!”
“Student: When looking at a perfect mountain view, I see a mountain, but my friend sees God! What is the reason for this, master? Master: What do you see when you look at me? Student: Of course I see you, master! Master: Okay, so there's nothing wrong with your eyes! But recommend a pair of glasses to your friend!”
“Student, tell me, what is God?
He is the breath inside the breath.”
Source: The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir
“Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last year's [physics] final exam? Dr. Einstein: Yes; But this year the answers are different.”
“Student: Sir, you said you must change the world. How can you change it, sir? Krishnamurti: What is the world? The world is where you live - your family, your friends, your neighbours. And your family, your friends, your neighbours can be extended and that is the world. Now, you are the centre of that world. That is the world you live in. Now how will you change the world? By changing yourself?”
“Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness.”
“Students And Faculties Are Our Two Eyes, Knowledge Is Our Vision, University of Dr.PSJKumar”
“Students and invited speakers do not shed their constitutional rights when they step up to the graduation podium. Expressing faith in God does not disqualify a student from delivering a graduation message. Being designated as valedictorian or salutatorian is an honor, and students chosen for that honor should be free to share their gratitude to God with their fellow students and family members.”
“Students and scholars of all kinds and of every age aim, as a rule, only at information, not insight. They make it a point of honour to have information about everything, every stone, plant, battle, or experiment and about all books, collectively and individually. It never occurs to them that information is merely a means to insight, but in itself is of little or no value.”
Source: Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays
“Students and their families carry more responsibility for student success in the East.”
“Students are intense people, they laugh and cry, they break down and rebuild.”
Source: A Fisherman of the Inland Sea
“Students are not to read the Bible, jurors are not to hear it, prosecutors cannot quote from it, and teachers are not to display it.”
“Students are often in no position to judge 'relevance' until long after the fact.”
Source: A Personal Odyssey
“Students are often taught when to use a particular method and how to use it, but not how to effectively write up their research plan and then later their research results.”
“Students are often the last to know about change that is occurring in their own school system.”
“Students are rewarded for memorization, not imagination or resourcefulness.”
“Students are stars so treat them as you inspire to stars in the sky.”
“Students are suffering under incredibly high tuitions and high student loan interest rates. They graduate from school, and they're having a very difficult time finding a job. They don't feel as though there are honest leaders who are listening to them, and who will be a part of the solution.”
“Students are the real guests and hence teachers should handle them in an appropriate way.”
“Students are too busy jumping through the next hurdle in the résumé race to figure out what they really want. They are too frantic tasting everything on the smorgasbord to have life-altering encounters. They have a terror of closing off options. They have been inculcated with a lust for prestige and a fear of doing things that may put their status at risk.”
“Students are very engaged by the issues, and it's not surprising because food choices are one of the few powers a child has.”
“Students at residential universities often live together and spend time on activities that aren't connected with the university. Then, should the university's rules about sexual consent extend to students' private lives? In my book, I argue that these narrow rules should extend to students' private lives no matter what or where they happen to be conducting those lives. The logic is that sexual assault is a form of discrimination and denies the victim an equal education. The point of university life is to get that diploma and nothing should stand in the way.”
“Students at the University now lose a class for not being familiar with opinions, which but twenty years ago they would have been expelled for dreaming of.”
Source: Every Man His Own Poet Or, The Inspired Singer's Recipe Book
“Students become good learners when they are in the classes of teachers who are good learners.”
Source: Beyond educational reform: bringing teachers back in
“Students can do experiments and investigate for themselves what's going on in restaurants, in our food system, and begin a process of learning.”
“Students can't leave their lives at the door when they come to school. They bring with them whatever is going on at home and in their communities. Poetry and theater provide an outlet for students to express themselves and process what they're going through.”
“Students coming from father-present families score higher in math and science even when they come from weaker schools.”
Source: Does feminism discriminate against men?
“Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great.”
“Students deserve our care and concern on the grounds of principle, not personality.”
“Students do everything on laptops these days, so I definitely think electronic books are a trend that's going to expand.”
“Students do not need to be labeled or measured any more than they are. They don't need more Federal funds, grants, and gimmicks. What they need from us is common sense, dedication, and bright, energetic teachers who believe that all children are achievers and who take personally the failure of any one child.”
Source: Marva Collins' Way
“Students don't know who Mark Twain was because he wasn't on the test.”
“Students for a Democratic Society was also affiliated with the civil rights movement everywhere.”
“Students for a Democratic Society was founded in 1961.”
“Students from the nearby college pass by, chattering and whooping with laughter, as if this isn't an abhorrent thing to be doing. As if it hasn't happened.”
Source: Just Last Night
“Students from the same teacher will differ in their skills”
“Students generally have very little idea of the world they are entering into, and their teachers - like parents - are viewed as beings who alternately guide and admonish; rarely are those teachers viewed as individuals or is their professional standing considered. It is usually only afterward, when young people encounter real-life situations in their chosen professions that they sometimes learn (if they are lucky) that they studied with one of the greats.”
“Students in the '60s were responsible for great changes, politically and socially.”
“Students in the school of prayer never graduate from the school of the Gospel.”
Source: Living the Cross Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing
“Students judge how well they might do in a chemistry course from knowing how peers, who performed comparably to them in physics, fared in chemistry”
Source: Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory
“Students learn as much for a teacher as from a teacher.”
“Students learn best not by reading the Great Books in a closed room but by opening the doors and windows of experience.”
“Students learn well through inquiry. We should embrace the students' natural inquisitiveness. We should also encourage students to ask more questions and better questions, and encourage them to use seeking as a means to finding answers.”
Source: Principles of a Poinciana School
“Students may feel the criticism is harsh, but I think it's possible they haven't had criticism before. It's my job to point out when something is badly done, or when there's no point of view. To build a brand you have to have something about you. If not personality, then some thought process. I'm 40, and they're young, so they're meant to be informing me. They should be bringing me a book or something that I haven't seen, not like some obscure chant book by Dominican monks, but an image of the way they see the world.”
“Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.”
Source: Cesar Chavez: A Photo-illustrated Biography
“Students must turn every setback into a comeback — to be fearless, curious, and self-reliant enough to create their own destiny.”
“Students need a teacher who inspires them. When students view their teacher as inspirational, it increases their appetite for learning.”
“Students need to be reminded that revision isn't merely making a few cosmetic changes. Revision is seeing and then reseeing our words and practicing strategies that make a difference in our writing.”
“Students need to decide, 'All right, well, does the height matter? Does the side of it matter? Does the color of the valve matter? What matters here?' - such an underrepresented question in math curriculum.”
“Students need to learn how to think critically, how to argue opposing ideas. It is important for them to learn how to think. You can always cook.”