I am firm in my belief that a teacher lives on and on…

Good teaching is forever being on the cutting edge of a child's competence.

— Jerome Bruner

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

— Josef Albers

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

— Marva Collins

To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching.

— George Bernard Shaw

When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.

— Marva Collins

...a student attains 'higher order thinking' when he no longer believes in right or wrong". "A large part of what we call good teaching…

— Benjamin Bloom

The children are now working as if I did not exist.

— Maria Montessori

Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

— John Steinbeck

“As she gazed into the ball of confession,she questioned, “Who will I be in this profession?” Years of life have come to show she…

— Diana Lee Santamaria

New teachers were just a part of life, for a few days after one arrived, squawks of interest were emitted from various corners, but…

— Meg Wolitzer

Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

— Carl Jung

What can educators do to foster real intelligence?.. .We can attempt to teach the things that one might imagine the earth would teach us:…

— David W. Orr

Teaching people skills without giving them a vision for a better future - a vision based on common values - is only training.

— Nido R Qubein

Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.

— Helen Caldicott

A teacher's job is to take a bunch of live wires and see that they are well-grounded.

— Darwin D. Martin