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Inspiring Quotes for Teachers

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A good teacher is like a candle--it consumes itself

to light the way for other

Learning is a treasure which accompanies

its owner everywhere

-Chinese Proverb

I have always felt that the true textbook

for the pupil is his teacher.

-Mohandas K. Gandhi

A wise teacher makes

learning a joy.

Better than a thousand days of diligent study

is one day with a great teacher.

-Japanese Proverb

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;

teach a man how to fish and you feed him

for a lifetime.

Act as if what you do makes a difference.

It does.

-William James

To teach well is to be a lifelong student.

-Johnetta Betsch Cole

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery

-Mark Van Doren

The whole art of teaching is only the art of

awakening the natural curiosity of young minds

for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

-Anatole France

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes,

and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

-Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

What sculpture is to a block of marble,

education is to a human soul.

-J. Addison

A child must learn early to believe that

she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many

praiseworthy things.

-Benjamin Mays

From the very beginning of his education,

the child should experience the joy of discovery.

-Alfred North Whitehead

The mediocre teacher tells.

The good teacher explains.

The superior teacher demonstrates.

The great teacher inspires.

-William Arthur Ward

Teaching should be such that what is offered

is perceived as a valuable gift and

not as a hard duty.

-Albert Einstein

To teach is to learn twice.

-Joseph Joubert

A teacher affects eternity;

he can never tell where his influence stops.

-Henry Adams

We teachers can only help the work going on,

as servants wait upon a master.

-Maria Montessori