Good teacher Quotes · Page 5

I had some pretty good teachers. I learned how to play the game the right way.

— Dave Martinez

The best students always are flunking. Every good teacher knows that.

— Robert M. Pirsig

A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.

— Eliphas Levi

The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior.

— Marva Collins

“Good teachers understand knowledge, but brilliant teachers understand ignorance”

— Trevor Wright

In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work.

— Parker J. Palmer

One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.

— Philip Wylie

The gifted needs a good teacher, plenty of work and much of bravery.

— Mariana Fulger

I have a principle I often invoke in class: comfortable people don't grow. Good teachers need to engage in the paradox of…

— Erica Brown

I always had really good teachers, that were always about more than what was in the books. Those little advice and tips…

— Diana Taurasi

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as…

— Anonymous

I had some good teachers. One of the greatest teachers I've had is bluegrass music: going back and listening to Bill Monroe's…

— Ricky Skaggs

My dedication to trying to be a poet started very, very young, and I was very well encouraged by good teachers and…

— Derek Walcott

The good teacher discovers the natural gifts of his pupils and liberates them by the stimulating influence of the inspiration that he…

— Stephen Neill

In life, always choose a serious rival even if you know you have no chance to win, because a good rival is…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior.…

— Marva Collins

Good teachers don't approach a child of this age with overzealousness or with destructive conscientiousness. They're not drill-masters in the military or…

— Jonathan Kozol

I like to remind teachers that even though they're all overwhelmed and overloaded, and it's easy to get burned out, it really…

— Rick Riordan

“Indeed, while experiences and information can be good teachers, there are many times in life where we simply cannot afford to learn…

— Clayton M. Christensen

Most remarks made by children consist of correct ideas very badly expressed. A good teacher will be very wary of saying 'No,…

— W. W. Sawyer

Students never appreciate their teachers while they are learning. It is only later, when they know more of the world, that they…

— Darren Shan

As any good teacher knows, the methods of instruction and the range of material covered are matters of small importance as compared…

— Noam Chomsky

“I liked the company of most of my colleagues, who were about equally divided among good men who were good teachers, awful…

— Robertson Davies

A 5yrs old girl asked her teacher; PLS SIR, DOES HONEY HAVE LEGS?? The teacher answered NO my dear but why do…

— Robzybobby

No amount of pay ever made a good soldier, a good teacher, a good artist, or a good workman.

— John Ruskin

Effective leaders are, first and foremost, good teachers. We're in the education business.

— John Wooden

“A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions. --Martin H. Fischer”

— Jason White

A good teacher sees the commonality of all human beings and helps each individual find his uniqueness.

— T. K. V. Desikachar

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

— Minna Antrim

I had many good teachers, but only three of them were school teachers.

— Michael Leunig

Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It's the skim milk that needs good teachers.

— Bel Kaufman

“Like all good teachers, he loves the moment of revelation, when the light of knowledge passes to his pupil.”

— Rae Carson

Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.

— Josef Albers

It's good to have a good teacher, but you always need a pretty good student.

— Grigor Dimitrov

I think to be a good teacher you need an enormous amount of patience and I'm a very impatient person.

— Truman Capote

A good teacher teaches people how to see, not what to see.

— Richard Rohr

Distance is a good teacher. You only fully understand that which you have lost.

— Goliarda Sapienza

I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.

— Jack Welch

We should not be speaking to, but with. That is second nature to any good teacher.

— Noam Chomsky

“A Teacher is no good without the student and the student is no good without the teacher.”

— Larry Toombs