Quotes About Teachers

It is the supreme art of the

 teacher to awaken joy in 

 creative expression and knowledge.

-Albert Einstein

The mediocre teacher tells.

The good teacher explains.

The superior teacher demonstrates.

The great teacher inspires.

-William Ward

The average teacher explains complexity;

the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.

-Robert Brault

A teacher affects eternity, he can never tell

where his influence stops.

-Henry Adams

The greatest sign of a success for a teacher . . .
is to be able to say
"The children are now working 
as if I did not exist."

-Maria Montessori

Every truth has four corners: 

as a teacher I give you one corner, 

and it is for you to find the other three

-Confucius

I am indebted to my father for living,

but to my teacher for living well.

-Alexander the Great 

A teacher who is attempting to teach without 

inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn  

is hammering on cold iron.

-Horace Mann

The teacher who is indeed wise does not 

bid you to enter the house of wisdom

but rather leads you to the 

threshold of your mind.

-Kahlil Gibran

A true teacher is one who,

 keeping the past alive, 

is also able to understand the present.

-Confucius

When study great teachers . . . 

you will learn much more from their caring 

and hard work than from their style.

-William Glasser

One looks back with appreciation to the

 brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those

who touched our human feelings.

The curriculum is so much necessary material,

 but warmth is the vital element for

 the growing plant and for the soul of the child. 

-Carl Jung