Teachers And Teaching Quotes

114 quotes by 81 authors

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of… — Aristotle
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. — Aristotle
America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we… — Jane Addams
The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to… — Alfred Adler
The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them… — William Jennings Bryan
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but… — James Allen
Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need… — John Jay Chapman
Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. — Maya Angelou
To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another. — Benjamin Jowett
You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil. — Friedrich Nietzsche
When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for a moment encourage their own… — William Bagley
It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family. — Confucius
We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience. — Sasha Azevedo
There are three things to remember when teaching: know your stuff; know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly. — Unknown Author
A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others. — Gautama Buddha
The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable… — Sophocles
Politics: where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage. — Jimmy Breslin

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