The difference between the novice and the master is that the master has failed more times than the novice has tried.
Teachers, Failures & Mistakes, MotivationKoro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomThe sooner they know the frustration of defeat, the greater their growth will be.
Losing & Defeat, FrustrationKoro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomTrue feelings tend to bubble when under pressure from a big decision, sometimes conflict can be the best opportunity to strengthen a friendship.
Koro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomWhether a fish lives in a clear stream or a water ditch, so long as it continues swimming forward, it will grow up beautifully.
Motivation, FishKoro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomI study too, you know. How could I teach anyone if I didn’t grow and learn day by day?
Koro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomThe world will always be filled with injustice. If you have time to give up or hold a grudge against that injustice, then use that time to enjoy battling those injustices instead.
Koro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomTo a young person for whom everything comes easily, the pain of defeat can be a much needed wake up call.
Koro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomIf I wasn't prepared to be flexible as the situations demands, I wouldn't have become a teacher.
Koro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomThe past you've lost will never come back. I myself have made so many mistakes. But we can learn from the past so we don't repeat it.
Koro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomWhen backed into a corner, the first order of business is assessing your options.
Koro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomBackup plans are the cornerstone of confidence.
Koro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomBroadly speaking, there are two reasons a person feels the desire to teach something: Either he wants to pass on his successes or he wants to pass on his failures.
Koro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomExams are an opportunity to teach correctly the meaning of winning and losing, of strong and weak. Students soak up heaping helpings of successes and setbacks. Take in now what it means to win, what it means to lose.
Koro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomYou may have grown too strong. Drunk on your own power, you forgot to put yourself in the shoes of someone weaker than you.
Koro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomEvery teacher secretly frets over whether the path he sets his students on is the right one. But he points the way to the best future he can see for them.
Koro-Sensei in Assassination Classroom