Kenny Guinn Quotes

Teachers shape so much of what a kid's upbringing can be.

Parents can shape a child, but a great teacher can, too.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

The most important seed I can sow in this life is my children, and the love and knowledge that I can bestow upon them and the help I can give them.

I have to be a teacher to my daughters.

Great teachers are the ones who inspire you.

Teachers are important in this world.

I got an old school coach who's more of a teacher than a coach.

Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor.

A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

Well, I say that the most important job you can possibly have is raising a child, and it needs to be treated that way. You have to show them, rather than just talk to them.

To me, the avocation of a teacher has something elevating and exciting. While surrounded by the young, one may always be doing good.

What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence over young people than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families.

As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher.

I could never have a better teacher in those days than my father.

I'm blessed because I had my mom as a teacher - sixth through eighth grade - and she is one of the best teachers I've ever had.

Teachers are unparalleled in the role they play in children's lives.

I hope that I serve by being a teacher.

I think all of us could play the teacher because we all grew up with teachers. It's just kind of this peeking-over-the-shoulder presence that we've all grown up knowing.

A father is a person who's around, participating in a child's life. He's a teacher who helps to guide and shape and mold that young person, someone for that young person to talk to, to share with, their ups and their downs, their fears and their concerns.

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple.

I had two wonderful teachers: Sanford Melsner and Fred Kareman.

I can't imagine my life without books. My father was an electrical engineer, and my mother was a public school teacher. Books were an integral part of my childhood.