Quotes about Teaching

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skilfully.

Not even God can teach a man who comes to the Bible with his mind made up.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Observe, farther, how the same doctrine is taught by St. Peter: "As He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation." [1 Pet. i. 15]

The prayer we know as "The Lord's Prayer" came from the Lord Jesus in direct response to His disciples' request: "Lord, teach us to pray." It has always fascinated me that they never asked Jesus to teach them to preach. They never asked Him to teach them to give or to witness. Perhaps, like us, the disciples were often at a loss when it came to communicating with the Almighty.

I simply taught, preached, wrote God's Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

Do you know who taught the eagles to find their prey? Well, that same God teaches His hungry children to find their Father in His Word.

Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles.

Before we can speak God's message, we must learn to listen. The opened ear comes before the opened mouth.

The Word of God became man, that thou mayest learn from man how man may become God.

The pulpit is not a place to settle scores, it's a place to preach the word of God.