One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.
We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.
I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.
If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called ‘truth’.
Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.
When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair.
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
Everybody’s a teacher if you listen.
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student.
A child’s learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.
TV is bigger than any story it reports. It’s the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.
Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.
The thing I loved the most – and still love the most about teaching – is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.
We expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter.
My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil’s mind, and behold, all things are changed!
Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that’s not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher.
