Marilynne Robinson Quotes

I wanted to be a teacher.

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.

I like teaching and the contact with young minds keeps one on one's toes.

Those who care, teach. Those who love, teach. Those who can, teach.

I always thought I would be a teacher. And I think I actually lived up to my initial dreams, because what I do now is teach millions and millions of people many different kinds of things.

Teaching has always been a very important part of my life. It is one of the ways I contribute to society. It is also a source of energy and insight.

I value teaching. It's one of the places I get inspiration, engagement.

You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble.

I divide my time equally between teaching and research.

When it began I wrote this passionate letter to people I knew, studio members, of course, and other people with whom we have worked over the years and I said come and teach our students.

When I started out in life I wanted to teach.

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

I think people are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact.

I always wanted to be a teacher.

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

I take mentoring very seriously and as a result I hardly get any work done during the school year.

Teaching is in my bones. I love to teach.

I feel really good in the teacher role.

Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.

I've never had the patience of a teacher.

I mean, a lot of my family are teachers.

I see myself as an educator.

For me, my core genius lies in the area of teaching and motivating. I love to do it, I do it well, and people report that they get great value from it. Another core genius is compiling and writing books. Along with my co-author Mark Victor Hansen and others, I have written, co-authored, compiled and edited more than 200 books.

Lee's great gifts are teaching and inspirational guidance, not administration and management.

I teach well. I used to really like teaching a lot. I enjoyed it a lot and I was good at it.