Top 25 Pupils Quotes of 31

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.

William Godwin

Reading, Thinking, Pupils

William Godwin (1823). “The Enquirer”, p.130

Many a bad habit is developed through overindulgence, and many a good one by chastisement; therefore, beat your son as well as your pupil; never indulge them.

Chanakya

Son, Habit, Pupils

It is because they have no Oyarsa,' said one of the pupils. It is because everyone of them wants to be a little Oyarsa himself,' said Augray.

C. S. Lewis

Want, Littles, Pupils

C.S. Lewis (1996). “Out of the Silent Planet”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

Be pupils of the masses as well as their teachers.

Mao Zedong

Teacher, Communism, Pupils

A pupil is a great resource.

Hudson Stuck

Pupils, Resources

Hudson Stuck (2007). “Ascent of Denali”, p.32, Cosimo, Inc.

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.

Gertrude Stein

Teacher, Literature, Pupils

Gertrude Stein (2016). “Three Lives”, p.251, Simon and Schuster

Wit is the refractory pupil of judgment.

William Shenstone

Judgment, Pupils, Wit

William Shenstone, Samuel Johnson, Robert Dodsley (1807). “Essays on men and manners; with aphorisms, criticisms, impromptus, fragments, etc”, p.159

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

Paul Cezanne

Artist, Pupils

I abhor the supreme folly of those who blame the disciples of nature in defiance of those masters who were themselves her pupils

Leonardo da Vinci

Blame, Pupils, Masters

Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “Thoughts on Art and Life: "Behind the Genius"”, p.118, eKitap Projesi

What the teachers digest, the pupils eat.

Karl Kraus

Education, Teacher, Pupils

Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & one-and-a-half truths: selected aphorisms”

Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools.

Jonathan Kozol

School, White, Pupils

The most important method of education always has consisted of that in which the pupil was urged to actual performance.

Albert Einstein

Education, Important, Pupils

Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.27, Open Road Media

How much longer are you going to be a pupil? From now on do some teaching as well.

Seneca the Younger

Love, Teaching, Pupils

Zen is not interested in high-flown statements; it wants its pupil to bite his apple and not discuss it.

Anne Bancroft

Apples, Want, Pupils

I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.

Winston Churchill

Finals, Hours, Pupils

Wolfgang Mieder, Winston Churchill (1995). “The Proverbial Winston S. Churchill: An Index to Proverbs in the Works of Sir Winston Churchill”, Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press