Those who know how to think need no teachers.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
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.”
—Dan Rather (b.1931) American Newscaster, Author
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400) English Poet, Philosopher, Diplomat, Bureaucrat
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
—Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) American Teacher, Writer, Philosopher
In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.
—The 14th Dalai Lama (b.1935) Tibetan Buddhist Religious Leader, Civil Rights Leader, Philosopher, Author
A schoolteacher or professor cannot educate individuals, he educates only species.
—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–99) German Philosopher, Physicist
Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be re-taught when the students become teachers.
—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–99) German Philosopher, Physicist
No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
—Plato (428 BCE–347 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Educator
We love the precepts for the teacher’s sake.
—George Farquhar (1677–1707) Irish Dramatist
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
You can’t teach a hunter it’s wrong to kill.
—Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) Indian-American Yogi, Hindu Monk
The one exclusive sign of a thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
Unless we do his teachings, we do not demonstrate faith in him.
—Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994) American Mormon Religious Leader
A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
—Unknown
Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, while everything superfluous runs over as from a full container. Who knows much says least.
—Common Proverb
I am a teacher. A teacher is someone who leads. There is no magic here. I do not walk on water, I do not part the sea. I just love children.
—Marva Collins (1936–2015) American Educator
Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.
—Laurence Sterne (1713–68) Irish Anglican Novelist, Clergyman
To teach well, we need not say all that we know, Successful teachers are effective in spite of the psychological theories they suffer under.
—Common Proverb
The man who can make hard things easy is the educator.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–73) British Novelist, Poet, Politician
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than even their parents, for these only give them life, those the art of living well.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.
—Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) German Poet, Playwright, Theater Personality
My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to make.
—Thomas Arnold (1795–1842) English Educationalist
The first duty of a lecturer is to hand you after an hour’s discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantelpiece forever.
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English Novelist
The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn.
—Randy Pausch (1960–2008) American Computer Scientist
The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you just learned this morning.
—Indian Proverb
Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
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