Quotes about teacher

"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."

Adams, Henry Brooks on teacher
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"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."

Alcott, Amos Bronson on teacher   

"To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on teacher   

"The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching."

Aristotle on teacher
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"My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to make."

Arnold, Thomas on teacher   

"A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep."

Auden, W. H. on teacher
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"You can't teach a hunter it's wrong to kill."

Baba, Hari Dass on teacher   

"You teach best what you most need to learn."

Bach, Richard on teacher   

"A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself."

Bagehot, Walter on teacher   

"I believe that every human soul is teaching something to someone nearly every minute here in mortality."

Ballard, M. Russell on teacher
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"Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition."

Barzun, Jacques on teacher   

"Unless we do his teachings, we do not demonstrate faith in him."

Benson, Ezra Taft on teacher   

"The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array."

Bentham, Jeremy on teacher   

"Life is amazing: and the teacher had better prepare himself to be a medium for that amazement."

Blishen, Edward on teacher   

"There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech."

Bloom, Allan on teacher
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"The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn."

Brecht, Bertolt on teacher   

"Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain."

Brodie, Fawn M. on teacher   

"The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself."

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G. on teacher
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"Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism... the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young."

Canby, Henry S. on teacher   

"A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary."

Carruthers, Thomas on teacher
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"First he wrought, and afterward he taught."

Chaucer, Geoffrey on teacher   

"A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on teacher   

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"If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people."

Confucius on teacher
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"Once more I would adopt the graver style -- a teacher should be sparing of his smile."

Cowper, William on teacher   

"A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation."

Crosby, Howard on teacher   

"In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher."

Dalai Lama on teacher   

"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn."

Dana, John Cotton on teacher
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"There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough -- the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not."

Dell, Floyd on teacher   

"The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery."

Doren, Mark Van on teacher
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"Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn."

Durant, William J. on teacher   

"The real difficulty, the difficulty which has baffled the sages of all times, is rather this: how can we make our teaching so potent in the motional life of man, that its influence should withstand the pressure of the elemental psychic forces in the individual?"

Einstein, Albert on teacher   

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."

Einstein, Albert on teacher
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"The man who can make hard things easy is the educator."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on teacher
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"Knowledge exists to be imparted."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on teacher   

"We love the precepts for the teacher's sake."

Farquhar, George on teacher   

"I am not a teacher, but an awakener."

Frost, Robert on teacher
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"You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself."

Galilei, Galileo on teacher
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"Those who know how to think need no teachers."

Gandhi, Mahatma on teacher
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"The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness."

Gibran, Kahlil on teacher
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"Those who go to college and never get out are called professors."

Givot, George on teacher