“Bad teachers do not touch me; the great ones never leave me.”
Pat Conroy Quotes
1945 – 2016
American novelist, author of "The Prince of Tides".
23 quotesAbout Pat Conroy on Wikipedia
“Always believe in things and people that bring you pleasure.”
“I've never had anybody's approval, so I've learned to live without it.”
“Sooner or later the athlete becomes humble no matter how good he is.”
“A great teacher is my adversary, my conqueror, commissioned to chastise me.”
“The only word for goodness is goodness, and it is not enough.”
“The best thing about a small town is that you grow up knowing everyone.”
“One can do anything, anything at all, I thought, if provided with a passionate and gifted teacher.”
“There is no teacher more discriminating or transforming than loss.”
“I take account of my life and find that I have lived a lot and learned very little.”
“A library could show you everything if you knew where to look.”
“Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.”
“Teaching remains a heroic act to me, and teachers live a necessary and all-important life.”
“Solitude is as precious as coin silver and it takes labor to attain it.”
“To have attracted readers is the most magical part of my writing life.”
