Good Teacher Quotes

115 Good Teacher quotes by 95 unique authors

Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a… — Flannery O'Connor
Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher can do is set a context, raise questions or enter… — Godfrey Reggio
When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me… — Richard Simmons
Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture. — Adora Svitak
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. — William Arthur Ward
One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen. — Philip Wylie
A good teacher who can take the zero pay and help kids develop physically, emotionally, socially, is literally an angel. — Eva Amurri
In my youth, it was my good luck to have a few good teachers, men and women, who came into my head and lit a… — Yann Martel
From a good teacher you may learn the secret of listening. You will never learn the secret of life. You will have to listen for… — Rachel Naomi Remen
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 floor managers in… — Jonathan Kozol
The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or wonderfully funny; whose attitude… — Brenda Ueland
It’s obvious you kids are smart-school and good teachers will do that for you-but wisdom is something altogether different. Wisdom can be gathered in your… — Andy Andrews
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. — Bruce Lee
Mac: "It's not the sidhe-seers." He stopped and went very still. JZB: "Who is it?" Mac: "The MacKeltars." He was silent a long moment. Then… — Karen Marie Moning
Students never appreciate their teachers while they are learning. It is only later, when they know more of the world, that they understand how indebted… — Darren Shan
Before I started (college), that's the advice my dad gave me. He said to pick classes based on the teacher whenever you can, not the… — Nicholas Sparks
You will not be good teachers if you focus only on what you do and not upon who you are. — Rudolf Steiner
Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby. No hitchhiking. And if… — Ursula K. Le Guin
The good teacher discovers the natural gifts of his pupils and liberates them. — Unknown Author
The most extraordinary thing about a really good teacher is that he or she transcends accepted educational methods. Such methods are designed to help average… — Margaret Mead
The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. — Marva Collins
A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Study, find all the good teachers and study with them, get involved in acting to act, not to be famous or for the money. Do… — Philip Seymour Hoffman
A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard. — Eliphas Levi
No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them… — Bertrand Russell

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