‘Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more.’ ~Bob Talbert
‘In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work.’ It is invisible and
remains so, maybe for twenty years.’ ~Jacques Barzun
“Be not angry that you cannot make others as
you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.”
~ Thomas A. Kempis.
‘A truly special teacher is very
wise, and sees tomorrow in every child’s eyes.’ ~ Anonymous.
“The art of teaching is the art of assisting
discovery.’’ ~ Mark van Doren
“Don’t try to fix the
students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and
the good student superior.” ~ Marva Collins
“The mediocre teacher
tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great
teacher inspires.” ~ William Arthur Ward
‘‘Teaching creates
all other professions.’’ ~Author
Unknown
“Ideal teachers are
those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to
cross, then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging
them to create bridges of their own.” ~ Nikos Kazantzakis
“Thought flows in
terms of stories – stories about events, stories about people, and stories
about intentions and achievements. The best teachers are the best story
tellers. We learn in the form of stories.” ~ Frank Smith
“Time is a great
teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.” ~ Louis Hector
Berlioz
“A teacher who is
attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is
hammering on cold iron.” ~ Horace Mann
“For every person who
wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don’t want to learn much.” ~ W.C. Stellar