Teaching Quotes

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The development of a tree depends on where it is planted. — Edward Joyner
All learning begins when our comfortable ideas turn out to be inadequate. — John Dewey
In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work. — Parker J. Palmer
Teachers must be encouraged - I almost said 'freed', to pursue an education that strives for depth of understanding. — Howard Gardner
You know that you are a teacher when you spend more money on school stuff than you do on your own children. — Jeff Foxworthy
WHEN we don't get the results we want in our military endeavors, we don't blame the soldiers. — Dave Eggers
In all education the main cause of failure is staleness. — Alfred North Whitehead
Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process. — A. Bartlett Giamatti
Inspired teachers ... cannot be ordered by the gross from the factory. They must be discovered one by one, and brought home from the woods… — John Jay Chapman
A man who knows a subject thoroughly, a man so soaked in it that he eats it, sleeps it and dreams it- this man can… — H. L. Mencken
The more we try to improve our schools, the heavier the teaching task becomes; and the better our teaching methods the more difficult they are… — Jean Piaget
The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn. — Randy Pausch
The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and… — Shirley Hufstedler
I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They… — Imogen Cunningham
I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher. — John Philip Sousa
The task of a teacher is not to work for the pupil nor to oblige him to work, but to show him how to work. — Wanda Landowska
Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a… — Ben Jonson
We teach what we need to learn. — Gloria Steinem
What was the duty of the teacher if not to inspire? — Bharati Mukherjee
I am dealing with people and not with things. And, because I am dealing with people, I cannot refuse my wholehearted and loving attention, even… — Paulo Freire

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