Teaching Quotes And Sayings

by allinspiration.com

Here is a collection of teaching quotes and sayings from various authors, celebrities, famous persons, and other sources compiled by allinspiration.com for you to read and enjoy.

“What I’ve learned about teaching is to refer back to the root of that word, which is educo, which means “to pull from.” Education does not mean jamming information into somebody’s head. Rather, it’s that ancient idea that all knowledge is within us; to teach is to help somebody pull it out of themselves.”
– Alan Arkin

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
– Albert Einstein

“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”
– Albert Einstein

“Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.”
– Albert Einstein

“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

“None can teach admirably if not loving his task.”
– Amos Bronson Alcott

“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

“It is better to teach a few things perfectly than many things indifferently.”
– André Maurois

“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.”
– Aristotle

“Teaching is the highest form of understanding.”
– Aristotle

“If you have forgotten how to be a child you cannot teach children.”
– Austin O’Malley

“If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important.”
– Barbara Colorose

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”
– Benjamin Franklin

“There is no better way to learn than to teach.”
– Benjamin Whichcote

“The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.”
– Bertolt Brecht

“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.”
– Bill Gates

“Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.”
– Bob Talber

“Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more.”
– Bob Talbert

“Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching kids what counts is best.”
– Bob Talbert

“If you are going to do anything, you must expect criticism. But it’s better to be a doer than a critic. The doer moves; the critic stands still, and is passed by.”
– Bruce Barton

“Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.”
– Calvin Coolidge

“One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.”
– Carl Jung

“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.”
– Carl Rogers

“If I were president? First thing I’d do is take care of the schoolteachers. I’m not saying we should start ‘em out with six figures, but in some places they’ve got to be mother, father, brother, sister, and mentor. They’re real important people. Let’s give ‘em a raise — and attract the best people to the job.”
– Carmello Anthony

“They may forget what you said but they will never forget how you made them feel.”
– Carol Buchner

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”
– Christopher Reeve

“Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.”
– Colleen Wilcox

“The Master said, ‘A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.”
– Confucius

“Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.”
– Confucius

“These days, teachers have it rough. Kids can be hyperactive, disobedient, and obnoxious. It must feel like being locked in a room of drunk midgets.”
– Craig Ferguson

“A teacher’s job is to take a bunch of live wires and see that they are well-grounded”
– D. Martin

“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

“Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.”
– David Mccullough

“The impending teacher shortage is the most critical education issue we will face in the next decade.”

– David E. Price

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”
– Derek Bok

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