Teacher Quotes

No one has yet fully realized the wealthof sympathy, kindness, and generosity hidden in the soul of achild.  The effort of every true education should be tounlock that treasure- Emma Golmam

 Don't set your wit against achild- Johnathan Swift

I hear and I forget.  I see and Iremember.  I do and I understand- Author unknown

 A A gifted teacher is as rare as agifted doctor, and makes far less money. - Author unknown

A teacher is one who makes himselfprogressively unnecessary. - Thomas Carruthers

A teacher who is attempting to teachwithout inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn ishammering on a cold iron. - Horace Mann

 Acquire new knowledge whilstthinking over the old, and you may become a teacher ofothers. - Confucius

 Experience is the worst teacher;it gives the test before presenting the lesson. - Vernon Law

He who dares to teach must never ceaseto learn. - Anonymous

I believe that every human soul isteaching something to someone nearly every minute here inmortality. - M. Russell Ballard

I believe that the testing of thestudent's achievements in order to see if he meets somecriterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary to theimplications of therapy for significant learning. - CarlRogers

All learning begins with the simplephrase, "I don't know".

When love and skill work together,expect a masterpiece. John Ruskin

"They may forget what you said, Butthey will never forget how you made them feel."

Kind words can be short and easy tospeak, but their echoes are endless. ~ MotherTeresa

The work can wait while you show thechild the rainbow, but the rainbow won't wait while you dothe work. ~ Patricia Clafford

Never have ideas about children, andnever have ideas for them. -- George Orwell

The illiterate of the 21st century willnot be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannotlearn, unlearn, and relearn.--Alvin Toffler

'It must be remembered that the purposeof education is not to fill the minds of students withfacts... it is to teach them to think, if that is possible,and always to think for themselves.' --- RobertHutchins

"It is not so much what is pouredinto the student, but what is planted that reallycounts." - Unknown

"The secret of teaching is toappear to have known all your life what you learned thisafternoon." - Anonymous

"One father is worth 100schoolmasters." - George Herbert

"By learning you will teach, byteaching you will learn." - Latin Proverb

"If the student fails to learn, theteacher fails to teach." -

"The difference between genius andstupidity is that genius has its limits." -

"To teach is to learn twice."- Joseph Joubert

Challenge of the day : Find somethinggood in everyone. - Unknown

"Whether you think you can or thinkyou can't - you are right." - Henry Ford

"Teach a child how to think, notwhat to think." - Sidney Sugarman

"When a teacher calls a boy by hisentire name, it means trouble." - Mark Twain

"Teacher : The child's thirdparent." - Hyman Berston

"The mediocre teacher tells. Thegood teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. Thegreat teacher inspires." - William Ward

"I touch the future. I teach."- Christa McAuliffe.

"To teach is to touch livesforever." - Anonymous

"Good teacher is one-fourthpreparation and three-fourths theater." - GailGodwin

"Teaching kids to count is fine,but teaching them what counts is best." - BobTalbert