Henry Louis Gates Jr. Quotes

We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

Openness is something any teacher strives to instill in his or her students.

I am a teacher... The life I lead is the most agreeable I can imagine. [In the] classroom ... there await me a group of intelligent and curious young ... [people] who read the books assigned them with a sense of adventure and discovery, discuss them with zest, and listen appreciatively to explications I may offer. What makes the process most satisfying is the conviction that ... education is mankind's most important enterprise.

The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array...

Teaching is the highest art; before the doctor, there was a teacher.

I love the classroom.

I love teaching; I love little kids.

Obedience is the primary object of all sound education.

I always wanted to be a teacher.

I've always wanted to make teaching a part of my life.

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.

I think more and more respect has been accorded to teachers, and quite rightly so.

A child knows when they are on the receiving end of a didactic exercise, or when they are sitting in the shadow of something else.

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.

I want to work with kids. I would love to be a teacher.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

I was an elementary school teacher.

A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.

I majored in elementary education, and I have a passion for kids.

Teaching is the royal road to learning.

I've always said I'm a teacher at heart.

I was going to go back to college and become a math teacher.

Dad's the master, I'm the student.

Me, a teacher? No way!