Good teacher Quotes

Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.

— Anonymous

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

— George Bernard Shaw

The enemy is a very good teacher.

— Anonymous

A good teacher is a determined person

— Gilbert Highet

A good teacher explains, while a great teacher inspires

— William Arthur Ward

“LIFE is a good teacher and a good friend.”

— Pema Chödrön

Even enlightened despots don't make very good teachers.

— Marilyn Wallace

Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more.

— Anonymous

A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories.

— Anthony de Mello

Good teachers cost a lot; but, poor teachers cost a lot more.

— Evan Esar

“Experience is a good teacher, but the tuition is very high.”

— Val Edward Simone

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

— Robert M. Pirsig

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

— John Steinbeck

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

— Dave Martinez

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

How do you become enlightened? Have fun, meditate, don't take yourself too seriously, brush between incarnations and have a good teacher.

— Frederick Lenz

It is difficult for a student to pick a good teacher, but it is more difficult for a teacher to pick a…

— Yip Man

It takes quite a bit of time to become enlightened. But it really is not so different from learning any other art;…

— Frederick Lenz

'Creation science' has not entered the curriculum for a reason so simple and so basic that we often forget to mention it:…

— Stephen Jay Gould

A good teacher who can take the zero pay and help kids develop physically, emotionally, socially, is literally an angel.

— Eva Amurri

I thought I was a good teacher until I discovered my students were just memorizing information rather than learning to understand the…

— Eric Mazur

A good teacher will appreciate the good qualities of his students. If one good quality is allowed to emerge, a world of…

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

I do believe that everyone growing up faces differential opportunities. With me, it was books and travel and some good teachers.

— James A. Michener

I learned to paint at home from my mom. She was a very good teacher, but with spray paint, I taught myself.…

— Alec Monopoly

The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work…

— Eli Broad

I am a teacher. It's how I define myself. A good teacher isn't someone who gives the answers out to their kids…

— Justin Trudeau

“If a teacher has only love for the cause, it will be a good teacher. If a teacher has only love for…

— Leo Tolstoy

China's republican politics is like a child who just started schooling. He must have a good teacher and be surrounded by good…

— Sun Yat-sen

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

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

“As he turned her face to study her, he said, “You have more courage than you have strength, Yellow Hair. It is…

— Catherine Anderson

“How angry am I? You don't want to know. Nobody wants to know about that. I'm a good girl, I'm a nice…

— Claire Messud

“Life is a good teacher and a good friend. Things are always in transition, if we could only realize it. Nothing ever…

— Pema Chödrön

What I feel I can do is help people become aware of how pervasive and extensive the arts are, how they affect…

— Joan Mondale

“What is it that teaching kills? The juice, the sap - the substance of revelation: by making even the insoluble questions &…

— Sylvia Plath

“Schoolmastering kept me busy by day and part of each night. I was an assistant housemaster, with a fine big room under…

— Robertson Davies

“God is the ultimate recycler. We have a good planet here. It has its troubles, yes. We have overpopulation, we have pollution,…

— Mira Grant

“The outcome of their battle was a foregone conclusion, and Loretta knew it. His friends encouraged him, whooping with ribald laughter each…

— Catherine Anderson